On Mon, 11 Dec 1995 14:41:57 -0500 
 "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:

 > How do I extract that efficiently from a C program? (Pardon my
 > ignorance, but with so many different things to worry about...)

Umm .. DIOCGDINFO?

 > Also, wouldn't it be better to extract the actual geometry just in
 > case it gets screwed up?

In the event that no disklabel is present, the "actual" geometry is 
placed in the in-core disklabel.  Otherwise, YMMV.

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