dgplab@dgp.toronto.edu (George Drettakis) (01/26/89)
I have a MacII running AUX and a new 20 MB SCSI disk that has 4 partitions on it. I used dp (1M) to change the parition (DPM Index 3) type to Unix File System, and apparently the whole disk is called /dev/dsk/c1d0s31. What I cant understand is how the "slice" number relates to the DPM parition index so that one can get mkfs to work and subsequently mount the file system. Am I missing something essential ? -- George Drettakis Dynamic Graphics Project Systems Administrator Computer Systems Research Institute University of Toronto (416) 978-6619 Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4
price@white.toronto.edu (Blaine Price) (01/26/89)
In article <8901252249.AA06324@explorer.dgp.toronto.edu> dgplab@dgp.toronto.edu (George Drettakis) writes: >I have a MacII running AUX and a new 20 MB SCSI disk that has 4 partitions on it. >I used dp (1M) to change the parition (DPM Index 3) type to Unix File System, >and apparently the whole disk is called /dev/dsk/c1d0s31. >What I cant understand is how the "slice" number relates to the DPM parition >index so that one can get mkfs to work and subsequently mount the file system. >Am I missing something essential ? Missing something? Do you have the installation guide? If so, look on Page 70 (Ch. 8: Where to Go From Here, Section 6), where it says "use the pname utility to associate these partitions with A/UX device nodes." In your case, do a pname -af -c1 -s3 "partitionName" and /dev/dsk/c1d0s3 becomes associated with partition "partitionName" after which you can run mkfs on /dev/dsk/c1d0s3 and then mount it. What could be simpler? B-) -- Blaine Price (416) 978-5182 (lab-7140) price@white.UToronto.{CA,Bitnet} Dept. of Computer Science (fax-4765) price@white.toronto.edu Univ. of Toronto, Canada M5S 1A4 uunet!white.toronto.edu!price "If it can't be expressed in figures it is not science, it is opinion."