03-23-2012
Thank you for your prompt response.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Corona688
Probably best to explain how disks actually work in UNIX first.
You don't get drive letters in UNIX, drives become special files under /dev/. If you had a disk with three partitions in it, you would get something like
/dev/sda -- the raw disk itself, with the contents of all three partitions. This is the device you use when editing partitions.
/dev/sda1,2,3 -- The partitions inside /dev/sda. These are the things you format and mount.
*snip*
To make sure I am understanding this correctly, I won't have to configure it to recognize that the disk is plugged in, rather it's a plug and play proposition?
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
repartit
REPARTITION(8) System Manager's Manual REPARTITION(8)
NAME
repartition - load a partition table
SYNOPSIS
repartition device [partition-file]
DESCRIPTION
Repartition uploads a new partition table for the partitions of device. The table is obtained from the first sector of partition-file if
given, device otherwise. Device may refer to the whole drive or a primary partition, depending on whether you want to upload a partition
or a subpartition table. The partitions will be truncated to fit within the enclosing device like the disk driver does, unless the numbers
are coming from partition-file.
EXAMPLES
repartition /dev/hd0
repartition /dev/hd4 /etc/hd4.table
Reload the partition table of drive 0 setting /dev/hd[1-4], and the subpartition table of /dev/hd4 setting /dev/hd4[a-d] using a file. The
latter may be useful if you need more than the 4 subpartitions a single Minix partition gives you.
DIAGNOSTICS
The new table is printed on standard output.
FILES
/dev/hd[0-9]
SEE ALSO
hd(4), part(8).
BUGS
The disk must be in use for the changes to stick. The partition table of an idle disk will be reloaded on the first open.
AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
REPARTITION(8)