On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:08 PM, David Coolbear <[email protected]> wrote: > For 2.11BSD on the PDP-11, in the stand alone utilities that are found on > the installation tape, the storage devices are named: > > dn(x,y,z) where dn is the mnemonic for the driver, x is the controller > number, y is the unit number and z is the partition on the unit. So the > first partition on the first drive on the first MSCP controller is > ra(0,0,0). It's fairly easy form the install tape to disklabel and mkfs a > drive on a second controller.
Sure... driver name, then a vector of controller, unit, and partition... > Once UNIX is running, things change. The devices in /dev are named ra0 for > the first unit on the first controller, ra1 for the second unit on the > first controller and etc. I don't see a way in the naming convention to > identify other controllers. > > My question is, what is the device name in /dev for the first drive on the > second controller? Isn't it rb? -ethan
