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disktab(4)

NAME

disktab - Disk description file

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/disklabel.h>

DESCRIPTION

The disktab database describes disk geometries and disk partition characteristics. It is used to initialize the disk label on the disk. The format is patterned after the termcap terminal database. Entries in a disktab file consist of a number of : (colon) separated fields. The first entry for each disk gives the names which are known for the disk, separated by | (vertical bar) characters. The last name given should be a long name fully identifying the disk. The following list indicates the normal values stored for each disk entry: ________________________________________________________________ Name Type Description ________________________________________________________________ ty str Type of disk (for example, removable, winchester) dt str Type of controller (for example, SMD, ESDI, floppy) ns num Number of sectors per track nt num Number of tracks per cylinder nc num Total number of cylinders on the disk sc num Number of sectors per cylinder, nc*nt default su num Number of sectors per unit, sc*nc default se num Sector size in bytes, DEV_BSIZE default sf bool Controller supports bad144-style bad sector forwarding rm num Rotation speed, rpm, default 3600 sk num Sector skew per track, default 0 cs num Sector skew per cylinder, default 0 hs num Headswitch time, usec, default 0 ts num One-cylinder seek time, usec, default 0 il num Sector interleave (n:1), default 1 d[0-4] num Drive-type-dependent parameters bs num Boot block size, default BBSIZE sb num Superblock size, default SBSIZE ba num Block size for partition `a' (bytes) bd num Block size for partition `d' (bytes) be num Block size for partition `e' (bytes) bf num Block size for partition `f' (bytes) bg num Block size for partition `g' (bytes) bh num Block size for partition `h' (bytes) fa num Fragment size for partition `a' (bytes) fd num Fragment size for partition `d' (bytes) fe num Fragment size for partition `e' (bytes) ff num Fragment size for partition `f' (bytes) fg num Fragment size for partition `g' (bytes) fh num Fragment size for partition `h' (bytes) oa num Offset of partition `a' in sectors ob num Offset of partition `b' in sectors oc num Offset of partition `c' in sectors od num Offset of partition `d' in sectors oe num Offset of partition `e' in sectors of num Offset of partition `f' in sectors og num Offset of partition `g' in sectors oh num Offset of partition `h' in sectors pa num Size of partition `a' in sectors pb num Size of partition `b' in sectors pc num Size of partition `c' in sectors pd num Size of partition `d' in sectors pe num Size of partition `e' in sectors pf num Size of partition `f' in sectors pg num Size of partition `g' in sectors ph num Size of partition `h' in sectors ta str Partition type of partition `a' (4.2BSD file system, swap, etc.) tb str Partition type of partition `b' tc str Partition type of partition `c' td str Partition type of partition `d' te str Partition type of partition `e' tf str Partition type of partition `f' tg str Partition type of partition `g' th str Partition type of partition `h' ________________________________________________________________

EXAMPLES

The following is an example disktab entry: rz25|RZ25|DEC RZ25 Winchester:\ :ty=winchester:dt=SCSI:ns#62:nt#9:nc#1492:\ :oa#0:pa#131072:ba#8192:fa#1024:\ :ob#131072:pb#262144:bb#8192:fb#1024:\ :oc#0:pc#832527:bc#8192:fc#1024:\ :od#393216:pd#146437:bd#8192:fd#1024:\ :oe#539656:pe#146437:be#8192:fe#1024:\ :of#686096:pf#146437:bf#8192:ff#1024:\ :og#393216:pg#439311:bg#8192:fg#1024:\ :oh#0:ph#0:bh#8192:fh#1024:

FILES

/etc/disktab

SEE ALSO

Functions: getdiskbyname(3) Files: disklabel(4) Commands: disklabel(8), newfs(8)

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