/* cylcalc ------- Calculate the cylinders needed to format X MB on the hard drive. Gilbert Ramirez Technical Services University Health System $Id: ramirez.cylcalc,v 1.1.1.1 2002/08/14 22:27:25 dan Exp $ */ #include #include int main(int argc, char **argv) { int megs; int heads; int sectors; int bytes; int cyl; int calc_bytes; if (argc != 4) { fprintf(stderr, "\nusage: %s megabytes heads sectors\n" "\tcalculates cylinders needed for such a format.\n", argv[0]); exit(-1); } megs = atoi(argv[1]); heads = atoi(argv[2]); sectors = atoi(argv[3]); bytes = megs * 1024 * 1024; cyl = 0; do { cyl++; calc_bytes = heads * sectors * 512 * cyl; } while (calc_bytes < bytes); printf("%d\n", cyl); return 0; }