[comp.sys.next] RAW SCSI drive access

cyliax@ecn.purdue.edu (Ingo Cyliax) (01/03/91)

How do I access the information on a SCSI disk without a label. I want
to be able to read/write on a SCSI disk, but I don't want to put a label
on it. I'm still running NeXTOS 1.0.

I looked at the man page for sd(4), and it says that you can use an ioctl
to 'label' the disk. Does this actually write the label to the disk, or 
does it just set the label in the device driver ? I could use the generic
SCSI drive sg(4), but I can't use commands like 'dd' or 'tar' with it.

Thanks, -ingo

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