Re: devfs

Alastair Donlon (adonlon@orca.ucd.ie)
Wed, 14 Jan 1998 13:47:46 +0000 (GMT)


>
> I recall someone telling me that Solaris "stripes" are not actually
> partitions. Their strips fit inside a "real" partition. Is that
> correct?
> I don't really find the "s" clear.
>
> Also, how about:
> /dev/dsk/sd/h0c0t0u0p2
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard....
>

Solaris slices all fit into a single partition. Solaris only allows a single
ufs partition per disk. So, for each disk, under /dev you get

dsk/c_t_d_pn where n ranges from 0 to 4
and
dsk/c_t_d_sn where n ranges from 0 to 7 (or 15)

Alastair.