hpux man page for disktab

disktab(4)						     Kernel Interfaces Manual							disktab(4)

NAME
       disktab - disk description file

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       is  a  simple database that describes disk geometries.  Entries in consist of a number of colon-separated fields.  The first entry for each
       disk gives the names by which the disk is known, separated by vertical bar characters.

       This file is provided for backward compatibility with previous HP-UX releases only.  Its use is discouraged.

       The following list indicates the normal values stored for each disk entry.  Sectors are of size defined in

	      Name   Type   Description
	      ----------------------------------------------------
	       ns    num    Number of sectors per track
	       nt    num    Number of tracks per cylinder
	       nc    num    Total number of cylinders on the disk
	       b0    num    Block size (bytes)
	       f0    num    Fragment size (bytes)
	       s0    num    Size of disk in sectors
	       rm    num    Revolution per minute

       Example:

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP and the University of California, Berkeley.

FILES
SEE ALSO
       newfs(1M), getdiskbyname(3C).

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