Re: Solaris partitions (was devfs)

Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 08:01:39 +1100

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....