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new filesystem name divvy mkdev hd

From: Tony Lawrence <tony@aplawrence.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: Creating additional filesystem
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:54:17 GMT

James R Wilson wrote:
> 
> James R Wilson <james@betta.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:SGWs7.75150$4j4.344511@NewsReader...
> > Running SCO Openserver 5.0.6.
> >
> > I have 5x 9GB hard disks in my computer connected to a RAID card, I have
> > them set up in 2 mirrored arrays with 1 spare drive.  The operating system
> > is set up on the first array and I have now attempted to set up the second
> > array as an additional filesystem.  I have run mkdev hd once, then
> > rebooted - then run again to create the filesystem, and everything has
> > completed successfully.  My problem is that I don't know what the system
> has
> > called my new filesystem and I can't mount it!  There don't seem to be any
> > new files in the /dev directory, but there are new files in /dev/dsk.
> Have
> > I missed something?
> >
> > Thanks
> > James
> >
> 
> Got it thanks!  It was /dev/d1150 for what reason?  I think I must have
> missed the part where you choose a name for the device.

If you didn't say you wanted interactive fdisk/divvy you never get the chance
to name it anything memorable.  

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