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Once the disk has been physically installed and the machine has been rebooted, the hinv command can be used to check if it is recognized:
# hinv | grep Disk Disk drive: unit 5 on SCSI controller 0 Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
Under IRIX, device nodes are in the format /dev/[r]dsk/dksSdDsS, where S is the disk controller number, D is the SCSI ID of the disk, and S is the partition number. In our example, we'll be working with the disk on SCSI ID 5, so we will use /dev/[r]dsk/dks0d5s*.
The fx command is used to label and partition the disk. It should be invoked in expert mode, using the -x option:
Since this is a new disk, fx gives a warning that it is not yet labeled with an SGI disk label. The label submenu is used to put a new label on the disk:edcert23 2# fx -x fx version 5.3, Oct 18, 1994 fx: "device-name" = (dksc) fx: ctlr# = (0) fx: drive# = (1) 5 ...opening dksc(0,5,) ...controller test...OK Scsi drive type == HP C3724S 5153 fx: Warning: no sgilabel on disk fx: Warning: can't read sgilabel on disk creating new sgilabel ----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)----- [exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/ [b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ fx>
----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)----- [exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/ [a]uto [b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ [f]ormat fx> label ----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)----- [sh]ow/ [sy]nc [se]t/ [c]reate/ fx/label> create ----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)----- [p]artitions [s]giinfo [b]ootinfo [d]irectory [a]ll fx/label/create> all ...creating default bootinfo ...creating default partitions ...creating default sgiinfo ...creating default volume directory ----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)----- [p]artitions [s]giinfo [b]ootinfo [d]irectory [a]ll fx/label/create> .. ----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)----- [sh]ow/ [sy]nc [se]t/ [c]reate/ fx/label> .. ----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)----- [exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/ [a]uto [b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ [f]ormat fx> exit label info has changed for disk dksc(0,5,). write out changes? (yes) yes
To partition the disk, the partition submenu is entered:
fx> repartition ----- partitions----- part type cyls blocks Megabytes (base+size) 0: efs 4 + 73 2800 + 51100 1 + 25 1: raw 77 + 117 53900 + 81900 26 + 40 8: volhdr 0 + 4 0 + 2800 0 + 1 10: volume 0 + 3363 0 + 2354100 0 + 1149 capacity is 2354660 blocks ----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)----- [ro]otdrive [o]ptiondrive [e]xpert [u]srrootdrive [re]size fx/repartition>
To create new partitions, enter expert mode. In this case, two similar-sized partitions will be created:
fx/repartition> expert
Warning: you will need to re-install all software and restore user data
from backups after changing the partition layout. Changing partitions
will cause all data on the drive to be lost. Be sure you have the drive
backed up if it contains any user data. Continue? yes
Enter .. when done
fx/repartition/expert: change partition = (0) <RETURN>
before: type efs base: 4 cyls, 2800 blks, 1 Mb
len: 73 cyls, 51100 blks, 25 Mb
fx/repartition/expert: partition type = (efs) <RETURN>
fx/repartition/expert: base cyl = (4) <RETURN>
fx/repartition/expert: number of cyls (max 3359) = (73) 1675
after: type efs base: 4 cyls, 2800 blks, 1 Mb
len: 1675 cyls, 1172500 blks, 573 Mb
fx/repartition/expert: change partition = (1) <RETURN>
before: type raw base: 77 cyls, 53900 blks, 26 Mb
len: 117 cyls, 81900 blks, 40 Mb
fx/repartition/expert: partition type = (raw)efs
fx/repartition/expert: base cyl = (77) 1679
fx/repartition/expert: number of cyls (max 1684) = (117) 1684
after: type efs base: 1679 cyls, 1175300 blks, 574 Mb
len: 1684 cyls, 1178800 blks, 576 Mb
fx/repartition/expert: change partition = (6) ..
----- partitions-----
part type cyls blocks Megabytes (base+size)
0: efs 4 + 1675 2800 + 1172500 1 + 573
1: efs 1679 + 1684 1175300 + 1178800 574 + 576
8: volhdr 0 + 4 0 + 2800 0 + 1
10: volume 0 + 3363 0 + 2354100 0 + 1149
capacity is 2354660 blocks
----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)-----
[ro]otdrive [o]ptiondrive [e]xpert
[u]srrootdrive [re]size
fx/repartition> ..
----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)-----
[exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/ [a]uto
[b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ [f]ormat
fx> exit
label info has changed for disk dksc(0,5,). write out changes? (yes) <RETURN>
edcert23 10# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/dks0d5s0 * /dev/rdsk/dks0d5s0 (bootfile "/unix") * 512 bytes/sector * 140 sectors/track * 5 tracks/cylinder * 3363 cylinders * 4 cylinders occupied by header * 3359 accessible cylinders * * No space unallocated to partitions Partition Type Fs Start: sec (cyl) Size: sec (cyl) Mount Directory 0 efs 2800 ( 4) 1172500 (1675) 1 efs 1175300 (1679) 1178800 (1684) 8 volhdr 0 ( 0) 2800 ( 4) 10 volume 0 ( 0) 2354100 (3363)
edcert23 11# mkfs /dev/dsk/dks0d5s0 mkfs_efs: /dev/dsk/dks0d5s0: blocks=1172500 inodes=123264 mkfs_efs: /dev/dsk/dks0d5s0: sectors=140 cgfsize=32561 mkfs_efs: /dev/dsk/dks0d5s0: cgalign=1 ialign=1 ncg=36 mkfs_efs: /dev/dsk/dks0d5s0: firstcg=289 cgisize=856 mkfs_efs: /dev/dsk/dks0d5s0: bitmap blocks=287 edcert23 12# fsck -y /dev/rdsk/dks0d5s0 fsck: checking /dev/rdsk/dks0d5s0 ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts FREE INODE COUNT WRONG IN SUPERBLK FIX? yes ** Phase 5 - Check Free List 2 files 22 blocks 1141358 free CHECKSUM WRONG IN SUPERBLK FIX? yes ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
Terms used: filesystem, partition, disk label, SCSI, SCSI ID