topic Re: new harddisk parameters in disktab in Operating System - HP-UX

new harddisk parameters in disktab

stephan berger — Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:04:24 GMT

i want to add a new scsi harddisk in my c100 workstation, but it has not been recognized correctly. it is a ST19171W disk with 9,1GB but the new entry in /etc/disktab gives only about 4,5GB... it says also 3600rpm but this disk has 7200rpm. Now i want to manipulate disktab but i don't know the parameters corresponding to my disk.

Re: new harddisk parameters in disktab

Andreas Voss — Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:06:51 GMT

Hi,

what is your OS version (HP-UX 9.07) ?
If so you can add a disk entry with
/etc/newdisk /dev/rdsk/....
If your OS is 10.x you dont need disktab entry. Just use newfs /dev/dsk/....

Re: new harddisk parameters in disktab

Bill Hassell — Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:36:11 GMT

disktab was rendered obsolete early in 10.x releases. newfs now queries the disk to determine the available space and creates the values for mksf automatically. Be sure to use the raw device file when creating a file system on the logical volume(s), ie, /dev/vg01/rlvol1 or /dev/rdsk/c0t2d0 for example. You can read the disk information with diskinfo. Use the raw device file for the physical disk (/dev/rdsk/c.....

Re: new harddisk parameters in disktab

Gadi — Sun, 16 Jul 2000 09:45:12 GMT

Hi,

If you realy need an entry in the /etc/disktab for ST19171W, try this:

SEAGATE_ST19171W:
:9.1 GB:ns#94:nt#20:nc#4832:
:s0#9084160:b0#8192:f0#1024:
:se#512:rm#7200:

Bye,
Gadi