The Linux name

Gins · 08-03-2005, 01:03 PM

In Windows you find partitions.

In Solaris you find slices.

What would be the Linux equivalent?

Both partitions and slices are logical stuff.

c0t0d0s0 --> The general pattern of a Solaris slice.

geeman2.0 · 08-03-2005, 01:23 PM

If you're talking about disk drive divisions, then in linux we use the word partition, just like they do in windows.

Gins · 08-03-2005, 01:52 PM

Thanks Geeman

c0t0d0s0 --> Did you know the above in Solaris systems?

Is this unique to Solaris?

Do you find this in any other platform apart from Solaris?

I have Mandrake Linux. I don't find such things.

liquidtenmilion · 08-03-2005, 02:04 PM

partition

/dev/hda1 - /dev/hda4 would be the four primary partitions on your hard disc in the order they appear physically

/dev/hda5 and higher would be any logical partitions in the order they appear.

for example. the 2nd logical partition would be
/dev/hda6

the 3rd primary partition would be

/dev/hda3.

now /dev/hdX would be the hard drive, with X being a-z depending on which hard drive.

Primary master =a
Primary slave =b(i think)
Secondary master=c
Secondary slave=d and so on and so on.

Gins · 08-03-2005, 02:12 PM

Thanks for the answer, liquidtenmillion

There is a command to find out all the drives on your system. I have forgotten it. Could you please tell me the command?

liquidtenmilion · 08-03-2005, 02:25 PM

i _think_ this may do the job

sfdisk -l | grep -v Empty | grep -v Extended

Gins · 08-03-2005, 04:38 PM

liquidtenmillion, I got the following output:

[ka@c83-250-94-108 ka]$ sfdisk -l | grep -v Empty | grep -v Extended

bash: sfdisk: command not found
[ka@c83-250-94-108 ka]$

What is the problem?

liquidtenmilion · 08-03-2005, 05:01 PM

did you do it as root?(you need to be root)

maybe your distro does not come with sfdisk, in which case

fdisk -l | grep -v Extended

should work.

damicatz · 08-03-2005, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gins
Thanks Geeman

c0t0d0s0 --> Did you know the above in Solaris systems?

Is this unique to Solaris?

Do you find this in any other platform apart from Solaris?

I have Mandrake Linux. I don't find such things.

The slice naming style you posted (c0t0d0s0) is unique to Solaris although the BSD Operating Systems use the term slice as well to refer to a logicial disk division. Slices in BSD can be further divided into partitions (sub-partitions if you will). A typical BSD slice would be something like ad0s1 and a partition would be ad0s1a, ad0s1b etc.

Gins · 08-04-2005, 03:52 AM

I thank liquidtenmillion and damicatz for the replies.

It worked as a root user.

npaladin2000 · 08-04-2005, 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by damicatz
The slice naming style you posted (c0t0d0s0) is unique to Solaris although the BSD Operating Systems use the term slice as well to refer to a logicial disk division. Slices in BSD can be further divided into partitions (sub-partitions if you will). A typical BSD slice would be something like ad0s1 and a partition would be ad0s1a, ad0s1b etc.

Linux (Enterprise) is pretty close. On a Compaq SmartArray they come out as c0d0p1...."p"artition instead of "s"lice.
I guess the "c" is for controller or channel and the "d" is for logical disk. Dunno what that "t" is for in the Solaris name.