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Re: Diskinfo Query

 
Robert DJ
Frequent Advisor

Diskinfo Query

Hi,

When i provide the command
"diskinfo -v /dev/rdsk/cxtxdx"

The output comes : I just need to know what the additional inquiry in the end of the output which shows (32)30 so on.

Thanx & Regards,

Roby
Robert DJ
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G. Vrijhoeven
Honored Contributor

Re: Diskinfo Query

Hi Roby,

I am sorry but i do not understand the question?

mind you cdrom drive also has an /dev/rdsk/c?t?d? device file.


Gideon
Robert DJ
Frequent Advisor

Re: Diskinfo Query

Hi Gideon,

This is for the info about Hard disk address
c6t7d0.

Thanx & Regards,

Roby
Robert DJ
john korterman
Honored Contributor

Re: Diskinfo Query

Hi Roby,
it is apparently not the hottest issue in the forum! I tried searching the technical knowledge base. The following two documents reveal one corner of those bytes:

Document id: E1141160
Both links to the European site

http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062951062

and
Document id: 1200264711

http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062903230

Hope it helps just a little.

regards,
John K.
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Adisuria Wangsadinata_1
Honored Contributor

Re: Diskinfo Query

Hi there,

you can check the information for '-v' option from diskinfo manpage.

# man diskinfo

It looks the output shows from CS/80 devices and/or SCSI disk devices.

Hope this information can help you.

Best Regards,
AW

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Bruno Ganino
Honored Contributor

Re: Diskinfo Query

Roby
But what you want ?
You can use option -b and -v

-b Return the size of the disk in 1024-byte sectors.
-v Display a verbose summary of all of the information available from the device.

For other info you can use "ioscan -fn".
Bruno

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Dietmar Konermann
Honored Contributor

Re: Diskinfo Query

Roby,

the diskinfo(1M) command uses the SCSI INQUIRY command to retrieve inqury data from SCSI devices. The 1st 32 bytes (0-31) are interpreted/formatted somehow. The remainder (32...) is simply dumped out without further interpretation, since much of it is vendor specific. You could use it to decode manually device specifics using the vendor's specs.

Best regards...
Dietmar.

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