Add_disk(1)
Add_disk - add an optional disk to the system
As shipped in IRIX 6.5. First release of IRIX 6.5.
NAME Add_disk - add an optional disk to the system SYNOPSIS Add_disk [ controller_number ] [ disk_number ] [ lun_number ] DESCRIPTION Add_disk enables you to add an extra SCSI disk to a system if the disk is on an integral SCSI controller (i.e., it can not be used for disks attached to VME SCSI controllers). The disk_number option must be specified if you are not adding the default ID of 2; similarly the controller and lun must be specified if other than 0. The Add_disk command creates the required directory, makes the appropriate device file links, makes a new filesystem, does the required mount operation, and adds the appropriate entry to /etc/fstab. Appropriate checks are made for filesystems already existing on the common partitions (0, 6, and 7). If they are present, you are asked if you want to proceed before a filesystem is made. If the answer is no, Add_disk exits. NOTE Older versions of this command worked only with controller 0, and used a default mount point of /disk#, where # was the SCSI ID. This version uses /disk##, where the first # is the controller and the second is the SCSI ID. Add_disk is a shell script and can be used as a template to determine what is necessary. The volume header on the disk must already have been initialized with the fx(1M) program. SEE ALSO fx(1M), mkfs(1M), fstab(4).