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 hd(HW)                          19 June 1992                          hd(HW)


 Name

    hd - internal hard disk drive

 Description

    Block-buffered access to the primary hard disk is provided through the
    following block special files:  hd00, hd01 through hd04, hd0a and hd0d,
    root, and swap.  Block-buffered access to the secondary hard disk is pro-
    vided through the following block special files:  hd10, hd11 through
    hd14, hd1a.

    hd00 refers to the entire physical disk; hd01 through hd04 refer to the
    fdisk partitions. root refers to the root file system; swap refers to the
    swap area; the block special files access the disks via the system's nor-
    mal buffering mechanism and may be read and written without regard to the
    size of physical disk records.

    Character special files follow the same naming convention as the block
    special files except that the character special file is prefaced with an
    ``r'' (for ``raw'' or character device).  For example, the character spe-
    cial file referring to the entire physical disk is /dev/rhd00.

    The following are example names of the fixed disk partitions.  Each
    partition can be accessed through a block interface, for example
    /dev/hd01, or through a character (raw) interface, for example
    /dev/rhd01.

    The above devices follow the XENIX naming convention.  Equivalent UNIX
    devices are found in the /dev/dsk (character) and /dev/rdsk (raw) direc-
    tories.  In the table that follows, both XENIX and UNIX devices are
    shown.  XENIX devices extend only to disks located on the first control-
    ler; beyond this, the UNIX devices shown must be used.

    Device File Names for Fixed Disks

    _________________________________________________________________________
                 First Controller
    Disk 1                      Disk 2                       Partition
    _________________________________________________________________________
    /dev/hd00                   /dev/hd10                    entire disk
    /dev/rhd00                  /dev/rhd10
    /dev/hd01                   /dev/hd11                    first partition
    /dev/rhd01                  /dev/rhd11
    /dev/hd02                   /dev/hd12                    second partition
    /dev/rhd02                  /dev/rhd12
    /dev/hd03                   /dev/hd13                    third partition
    /dev/rhd03                  /dev/rhd13
    /dev/hd04                   /dev/hd14                    fourth partition
    /dev/rhd04                  /dev/rhd14
    /dev/hd0a                   /dev/hd1a                    active partition
    /dev/rhd0a                  /dev/rhd1a
    /dev/root                                                root file system
    /dev/rroot
    /dev/swap                                                swap area
    /dev/rswap

    Note that the root and swap files exist only for the root disk.

    The following table lists the minor device number definitions for the
    hard disk special files, along with examples.  Note that the block and
    character special devices share the same minor device definition.  The
    minor device number definition is as follows:  bits 7 and 6 denote physi-
    cal drive, bits 5-3 denote virtual (fdisk) partition and bits 2-0 denote
    divvy partition.

    Because some SCSI controllers support large numbers of physical drives,
    an extended minor device numbering scheme is provided for those devices
    requiring more than 256 minor numbers.

    Each driver that uses extended minor numbers has a base major number
    which is used to refer to the driver through the extended minor numbers.
    The driver has a normal entry in the mdevice table for the base major
    number, plus one additional entry for each group of 256 minor devices
    that the driver uses.

    Additional entries are identified by the ``M'' flag in the driver's de-
    vice characteristics field. The ``M'' flag indicates that the entry cor-
    responds to a virtual major number that points to a device driver that
    uses extended minor numbers. Therefore a very large disk may sometimes
    have two (or more) major numbers; the first will correspond to minor num-
    bers 0-255, the second to minor devices 256-512, and so on.

    The minor device bits for DOS disk special files are listed in a separate
    table.

    Minor Device Bits

    _________________________________________________________________________
    Phys.    Virtual   divvy    Device special    Description
    7 6      5 4 3     2 1 0    file name
    _________________________________________________________________________
     0 0      0 0 0    0 0 0    /dev/hd00         whole PD 0
     0 1      0 0 0    0 0 0    /dev/hd10         whole PD 1
     1 0      0 0 0    0 0 0    /dev/dsk/4s0      whole PD 2
     1 1      0 0 0    0 0 0    /dev/dsk/5s0      whole PD 3
     0 0      0 0 1    1 1 1    /dev/hd01         PD 0, whole VD 1
     0 0      0 1 0    1 1 1    /dev/hd02         PD 0, whole VD 2
     0 0      0 1 1    1 1 1    /dev/hd03         PD 0, whole VD 3
     0 0      1 0 0    1 1 1    /dev/hd04         PD 0, whole VD 4
     0 0      1 0 1    1 1 1    /dev/hd0a         PD 0, whole active VD
     0 0      1 0 1    0 0 0    /dev/root         PD 0, active virtual, DP 0
     0 0      1 0 1    0 0 1    /dev/swap         PD 0, active virtual, DP 1
     0 0      1 0 1    0 1 0    /dev/usr          PD 0, active virtual, DP 2
     0 0      1 0 1    1 1 0    /dev/recover      PD 0, active virtual, DP 6
     0 1      0 0 1    1 1 1    /dev/hd11         PD 1, whole VD 1
     0 1      0 1 0    1 1 1    /dev/hd12         PD 1, whole VD 2
     0 1      0 1 1    1 1 1    /dev/hd13         PD 1, whole VD 3
     0 1      1 0 0    1 1 1    /dev/hd14         PD 1, whole VD 4
     0 1      1 0 1    1 1 1    /dev/hd1a         PD 1, whole active VD
     0 1      1 0 1    0 0 0    /dev/u0           PD 1, active virtual, DP 0*
     0 1      1 0 1    0 0 1    /dev/u1           PD 1, active virtual, DP 1*
     0 1      1 0 1    0 1 0    /dev/u2           PD 1, active virtual, DP 2*
     1 0      0 0 1    1 1 1    /dev/dsk/2s1      PD 2, whole VD 1
     1 0      0 1 0    1 1 1    /dev/dsk/2s2      PD 2, whole VD 2
     1 0      0 1 1    1 1 1    /dev/dsk/2s3      PD 2, whole VD 3
     1 0      1 0 0    1 1 1    /dev/dsk/2s4      PD 2, whole VD 4
     1 0      1 0 1    1 1 1    /dev/dsk/2sa      PD 2, whole active VD
     1 1      0 0 1    1 1 1    /dev/dsk/3s1      PD 3, whole VD 1
     1 1      0 1 0    1 1 1    /dev/dsk/3s2      PD 3, whole VD 2
     1 1      0 1 1    1 1 1    /dev/dsk/3s3      PD 3, whole VD 3
     1 1      1 0 0    1 1 1    /dev/dsk/3s4      PD 3, whole VD 4
     1 1      1 0 1    1 1 1    /dev/dsk/3sa      PD 3, whole active VD

    Key      VD = virtual drive                   PD = physical drive
             DP = divvy partition                 * = user-defined name


    The device files usr and u[0-2] are optional filesystem names; these
    nodes are not present unless created by the system administrator.

    DOS Minor Device Bits

    _________________________________________________________________________
    Phys.   Virtual    divvy    Device special   Description
    7 6     5 4 3      2 1 0    file name
    _________________________________________________________________________
     0 0     1 1 0     0 0 0    /dev/dsk/0sC     PD 0, PDP, logical drive C
     0 0     1 1 0     0 0 1    /dev/dsk/0sD     PD 0, EDP, logical drive D
     0 0     1 1 0     0 1 0    /dev/dsk/0sE     PD 0, EDP, logical drive E
     0 0     1 1 0     0 1 1    /dev/dsk/0sF     PD 0, EDP, logical drive F
     0 0     1 1 0     1 0 0    /dev/dsk/0sG     PD 0, EDP, logical drive G
     0 0     1 1 0     1 0 1    /dev/dsk/0sH     PD 0, EDP, logical drive H
     0 0     1 1 0     1 1 0    /dev/dsk/0sI     PD 0, EDP, logical drive I
     0 0     1 1 0     1 1 1    /dev/dsk/0sJ     PD 0, EDP, logical drive J

     0 1     1 1 0     0 0 0    /dev/dsk/1sC     PD 1, PDP, logical drive C
     0 1     1 1 0     0 0 1    /dev/dsk/1sD     PD 1, EDP, logical drive D
     0 1     1 1 0     0 1 0    /dev/dsk/1sE     PD 1, EDP, logical drive E
     0 1     1 1 0     0 1 1    /dev/dsk/1sF     PD 1, EDP, logical drive F
     0 1     1 1 0     1 0 0    /dev/dsk/1sG     PD 1, EDP, logical drive G
     0 1     1 1 0     1 0 1    /dev/dsk/1sH     PD 1, EDP, logical drive H
     0 1     1 1 0     1 1 0    /dev/dsk/1sI     PD 1, EDP, logical drive I
     0 1     1 1 0     1 1 1    /dev/dsk/1sJ     PD 1, EDP, logical drive J

     1 0     1 1 0     0 0 0    /dev/dsk/2sC     PD 2, PDP, logical drive C
     1 0     1 1 0     0 0 1    /dev/dsk/2sD     PD 2, EDP, logical drive D
     1 0     1 1 0     0 1 0    /dev/dsk/2sE     PD 2, EDP, logical drive E
     1 0     1 1 0     0 1 1    /dev/dsk/2sF     PD 2, EDP, logical drive F
     1 0     1 1 0     1 0 0    /dev/dsk/2sG     PD 2, EDP, logical drive G
     1 0     1 1 0     1 0 1    /dev/dsk/2sH     PD 2, EDP, logical drive H
     1 0     1 1 0     1 1 0    /dev/dsk/2sI     PD 2, EDP, logical drive I
     1 0     1 1 0     1 1 1    /dev/dsk/2sJ     PD 2, EDP, logical drive J

     1 1     1 1 0     0 0 0    /dev/dsk/3sC     PD 3, PDP, logical drive C
     1 1     1 1 0     0 0 1    /dev/dsk/3sD     PD 3, EDP, logical drive D
     1 1     1 1 0     0 1 0    /dev/dsk/3sE     PD 3, EDP, logical drive E
     1 1     1 1 0     0 1 1    /dev/dsk/3sF     PD 3, EDP, logical drive F
     1 1     1 1 0     1 0 0    /dev/dsk/3sG     PD 3, EDP, logical drive G
     1 1     1 1 0     1 0 1    /dev/dsk/3sH     PD 3, EDP, logical drive H


     1 1     1 1 0     1 1 0    /dev/dsk/3sI     PD 3, EDP, logical drive I
     1 1     1 1 0     1 1 1    /dev/dsk/3sJ     PD 3, EDP, logical drive J

    Key     PDP = primary DOS partition          EDP = extended DOS partition

    The device file /dev/hd0d (first DOS partition) is linked to /dev/dsk/0sC
    for backwards compatibility.

    To access DOS partitions, specify letters such as ``C:'' or ``D:'' to
    indicate first or second partitions.  The file /etc/default/msdos con-
    tains lines that assign a letter abbreviation for the DOS device name.
    Refer to dos(C).

 See also

    badtrk(ADM), divvy(ADM), dos(C), fdisk(ADM), mkdev(ADM), mknod(C)

 Diagnostics

    The following messages are among those that may be printed on the con-
    sole:

       invalid fixed disk parameter table

    and:

       error on fixed disk (minor n), block = nnnnn,
       cmd=nnnnn, status=nnnn,
       Sector = nnnnn, Cylinder/head = nnnnn

    Possible reasons for the first error include:

    -  The kernel is unable to get drive specifications, such as number of
       heads, cylinders, and sectors per track, from the disk controller ROM.

    -  Improper configuration.

    -  The disk is not turned on.

    -  The disk is not supported.

    The second error specifies the following information:

    -  block:  The UNIX block number within the device.

    -  cmd:  The last command sent to the disk controller.

    -  status:  The error status from the disk controller.

    -  Sector and Cylinder/head specify the location of a possible flaw.
       This information is used with badtrk(ADM).

 Notes

    On the first disk, hd00 denotes the entire disk and is used to access the
    master boot block which includes the fdisk partition table. For the
    second disk, hd10 denotes the entire disk and is used to access its fdisk
    partition table.  Do not write to hd10 and hd00.


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