hard_disk(7s)

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NAME

Hard Disk- Hard disk partition table

DESCRIPTION

A disk can be partitioned as follows:

Major Minor /dev/YY0a mb 0 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/YY0b mb 1 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/YY0c mb 2 + 8 * <disk_number> # Whole disk /dev/YY0d mb 3 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/YY0e mb 4 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/YY0f mb 5 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/YY0g mb 6 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/YY0h mb 7 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/rYY0a mc 0 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/rYY0b mc 1 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/rYY0c mc 2 + 8 * <disk_number> # Whole disk /dev/rYY0d mc 3 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/rYY0e mc 4 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/rYY0f mc 5 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/rYY0g mc 6 + 8 * <disk_number> /dev/rYY0h mc 7 + 8 * <disk_number>

where YY=hd (IDE disk), sd (SCSI disk), rd (RAM disk) and mb=major for block mode, mc=major for character mode

The third device /dev/YY0c is used to access the whole disk.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Evolving

SEE ALSO

disklabel(1M)

ChorusOS 5.0  Last Revised December 2001

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