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Manual page for DISKTAB(5)

disktab - disk description file

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/disktab.h>

DESCRIPTION

Disktab is a simple data base which describes disk geometries and disk partition characteristics. The format is patterned after the termcap.5 terminal data base. Entries in disktab consist of a number of `:' separated fields. The first entry for each disk gives the names which are known for the disk, separated by `|' characters. The last name given should be a long name fully identifying the disk.

The disk(8) program writes this information to the label area of a disk when it is initialized. The getdiskbyname.3 and getdiskbydev.3 routines may be used to read this information from the data base or disk label respectively.

The following list indicates the normal values stored for each disk entry.


Name	Type	Description
ty	str	Type of disk (e.g. removable_rw_optical)
ns	num	Number of sectors per track
nt	num	Number of tracks per cylinder
nc	num	Total number of cylinders on the disk
pa-h	num	Base sector number of partition [a-h]
sa-h	num	Size of partition [a-h] (sectors)
ba-h	num	Block size for partition [a-h] (bytes)
fa-h	num	Fragment size for partition [a-h] (bytes)
ca-h	num	Partition "cylinders-per-group" for newfs
da-h	num	Partition density ("bytes-per-inode") for newfs
ra-h	num	Partition "minfree" for newfs
oa-h	str	Partition optimization ("space" or "time") for newfs
ia-h	bool	Run newfs(8) on partition during initialization with disk(8)
ma-h	str	Partition mount point name
aa-h	num	Partition auto-mount on insert
ta-h	str	Partition file system type ("4.3BSD", "sound" etc.)
rm	num	Rotational speed in rpm (3600 default)
ss	num	Sector size in bytes
fp	num	Number of sectors in "front porch" of disk
bp	num	Number of sectors in "back porch" of disk
ng	num	Number of alternate groups on the disk
gs	num	Number of sectors per alternate group
ga	num	Number of alternate sectors per alternate group
ao	num	Sector offset of alternates in alternate group
os	str	Name of file to boot from
z0-1	num	Locations (block number) of first level boot code
hn	str	Hostname
ro	char	Read only root partition (e.g. 'a')
rw	char	Read/write partition (e.g. 'b')

FILES

/etc/disktab

SEE ALSO

disk(8), newfs(8), getdiskbyname(3), getdiskbydev(3)


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