Subject: Re: MacBSD Install
To: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@puma.macbsd.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/08/1997 15:01:55
> Actually, I think that e (and maybe f) are normally reserved for
> additional Root type partitions,
I don't think so, but it's been a while since I looked at the code. I
think it's:
a is the first root partition at cluster 0
b is the first swap
c is the whole disk
g is the first user (after 'a' since you might have one labelled
with both root and user flags)
After that, I think it fills in-order: d, e, f, h. It would probably
make sense to skip the driver partitions if we can identify them.
> Just wondering, on a wide SCSI bus, what ID is the controller? Is it
> always the last one?
Not always, I think, but I've only had limited exposure to wide.
> > 3. For each target that exists, determine its type: hard drive is "sd", tape
> > drive is "st", scanner is "ss", network card is "se", CD-Rom is "cd", and
> > other is "su" (u for unknown). I think there's also a separate "ch" for
> > CD-ROM changers.
sd: disk
st: tape
ss: scanner
se: scsi/ethernet (cabletron only as far as I know)
ch: tape (only?) changer--I don't know if this does CD-ROM changers, too.
uk: unknown
su: "special user SCSI device" (not written yet)
(printers? other hosts? ???)
-allen
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