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Old 07-07-2003, 11:27 PM   #1
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what is the convetion for external scsi drive?

Hi!

how do i address the external SCSI disk?

fdisk /dev/s0d0
doesn't work.

anyway.. i am new to this.

Thanks in advance.
 
Old 07-08-2003, 07:52 AM   #2
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The naming convention is c?t?d?s? - controller, target, logical device, slice. Your first disk is typically c0t0d0. If the device is external, you will need to check the SCSI id set on the device. In a non-RAID world, the target typically translates to the SCSI id.
 
  


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