I am very new to solaris and would like to know the meanings for c0d0p# ?
I have two IDE drives, and they are showing up as c0d0 and c0d1. According to my book, s# means the slices (partitions), and I do see they are showing up at /dev/rdsk/c0d0s1 ... up to s15, but what about the p#? I see there are five of these /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0 ... up to p4
Use "format" on Sparc to see the partitions on your disk. Select a drive number (usually "0" or "1") then "partition" then "print" to print the partition table for that disk. You can also use something like "prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0" -- the exact numbers depend on your setup, but the meanings are:
c0 = controller zero
t0 = target zero or LUN = Logical Unit Number
d0 = device zero
s0 = slice zero (also called a partition)
If your were setting up an x86 machine you'd have to use "fmthard" either instead of or before using "format", to partition at a higher level. The word partition is overused and can refer both to an OS partition (Windows or Unix) and to a slice which is why Sun came up with the word "slice" probably.
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