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NAME
     disks - adds /dev/entries for hard  disks  in  the  Equipped
     Device Table

SYNOPSIS
     /sbin/disks

DESCRIPTION
     disks will search the Equipped Device  Table  (EDT)  to  see
     which hard disks are equipped.  For each equipped hard disk,
     the following steps are performed:

     1.  The /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk directories are  checked  for
         an  entry with the name c[slot]d?s6, where [slot] is the
         slot the disk controller board is plugged  into  (0  for
         the  disks controlled by the integral disk controller on
         the system board).  The ? is  the  number  of  the  disk
         attached  to the controller.  The system board disk con-
         troller is capable of controlling two disks: 0 and 1.

     2.  If either entry is not found, disks creates /dev/dsk and
         /dev/rdsk   entries  for  the  disk.   The  /dev/SA  and
         /dev/rSA  entries  are  created  and   linked   to   the
         c[slot]d?s6  entry  in  /dev/dsk  and  /dev/rdsk respec-
         tively.  The /dev/SA  and  /dev/rSA  entries  are  named
         diskx  where  x  is  the  lowest  unused number for disk
         entries.  A message  is  printed  indicating  that  /dev
         files have been created.

     disks is called each time the system  is  booted.   It  must
     also  be  called after ``sysadm rmdisk'' to restore the /dev
     entries so the disk can be repartitioned.

FILES
     /dev/dsk/*
               entries for the hard disk for general use
     /dev/rdsk/*
     /dev/SA/* entries for  the  hard  disk  for  use  by  System
               Administration
     /dev/rSA/*
SEE ALSO
     sysadm(1) in the User's Reference Manual.













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