Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Jan 1998 08:01:39 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Solaris partitions (was devfs) |
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Rip Loomis writes: > <DELURK> > Richard/Leonard-- > An excerpt from a Solaris 2.5.1/x86 system's /etc/vfstab follows: > > ### File: /etc/vfstab > ### System: Solaris 2.5.1/x86, using only IDE disks > ### Note: System boots into NT Workstation, Solaris, and Win95 for > ### testing...FAT16 partition used for NT/95 boot partition > ### and to allow information interchange between the OSs. > #device device mount FS fsck mount mount > #to mount to fsck point type pass at boot options > /dev/dsk/c0d0s6 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s6 /usr ufs 1 no - > /dev/dsk/c0d0p0:c - /win95 pcfs - yes - > > > ### EOF: /etc/vfstab
So what does the ":c" mean?
> The "p" is only used when referring to non-Solaris partitions on the disk, > AFAIK. Otherwise, the nomenclature is Controller/Drive/Slice for IDE, > and Controller/Target(LUN)/Drive/Slice for SCSI. > > Personally, as has already been pointed out in other messages, I see no > direct advantage to "compatibility" with Solaris or other naming schemes, > if it comes at the expense of comprehensibility.
So what do you suggest?
Regards,
Richard....
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