edvtoc(1M)
edvtoc --
VTOC (Volume Table of Contents) editing utility
Synopsis
edvtoc -f vtoc-file raw-device
edvtoc -p raw-device
edvtoc -s "stamp" raw-device
Description
The first form of the edvtoc command allows you to edit the contents
of the Volume Table Of Contents (VTOC).
The second form lets you update the disk parameters stored in your
VTOC so that they reflect the ones currently in use on your system.
Options
-f vtoc-file-
Specifies the path location of the updated (condensed format)
VTOC file to be written to disk.
The format of the file is slice number,
slice tag value, slice flag value, slice start sector,
slice size (in sectors).
A copy of this file can be obtained for modification by
using the -f option of the
prtvtoc(1M)
command.
-p-
Specifies that the disk parameters stored in the
VTOC on the specified disk should be updated.
These parameters include the number of heads and the numbers of sectors per
track that are defined for the specified disk device.
-s stamp-
Specifies the stamp value (an array of 12 characters)
to write to the on-disk PDINFO (Physical Disk Information).
The notation for default stamp is a string of 12 blank characters.
This option should only be used to resolve stamp collisions.
The default value should be used to minimize the probability of
a stamp collision.
raw-device-
raw-device is the character special device for the
disk drive to be accessed.
It must be the slice 0 device to represent the
entire device (for example, /dev/rdsk/c0b0t0d0s0).
Files
/dev/rdsk/cCbBtTdDs0-
Usage
The required procedure for editing the VTOC includes the following
steps:
-
Ensure that the disk (other than the root disk) is not open.
-
Run
prtvtoc(1M)
with the -f option.
-
Edit the file created by prtvtoc
to reflect the needed changes to
the VTOC.
-
Run edvtoc on the edited file.
-
For the root disk, reboot the system, so the disk driver can read the
new VTOC. The changes to the VTOC on the root disk
will not take place until you perform the reboot.
edvtoc provides three functions:
-
reading/interpreting vtoc-file
-
limited validity checking of the new VTOC
-
writing the VTOC to the disk if the user requests it
When editing the VTOC, the following entries are the valid slice
tags and slice permission flags:
/* Slice tags */
#define V_BOOT 0x01 /* Boot slice */
#define V_ROOT 0x02 /* Root filesystem */
#define V_SWAP 0x03 /* Swap filesystem */
#define V_USR 0x04 /* User filesystem */
#define V_BACKUP 0x05 /* full disk */
#define V_ALTS 0x06 /* alternate sector space */
#define V_OTHER 0x07 /* non-unix space */
#define V_ALTTRK 0x08 /* alternate track space */
#define V_STAND 0x09 /* Stand slice */
#define V_VAR 0x0a /* Var slice */
#define V_HOME 0x0b /* Home slice */
#define V_DUMP 0x0c /* dump slice */
#define V_ALTSCTR 0x0d /* Alternate sector/track */
#define V_MANAGED1 0x0e /* Volume management public slice */
#define V_MANAGED2 0x0f /* Volume management private slice */
/* Slice permission flags */
#define V_UNMNT 0x01 /* Unmountable partition */
#define V_RONLY 0x10 /* Read only */
#define V_VALID 0x200 /* Partition is valid to use */
The start and size value are in absolute
sector numbers where the
first sector on the drive is 0 (which
is reserved for the partition table).
Slices should start and end on a cylinder
boundary if possible.
The head, cylinder and sectors/track
information provided by prtvtoc -p
assists in the calculations.
Slices should not overlap (slice 0 is
the exception, it describes the entire UNIX partition).
The -p option causes edvtoc to update the disk parameters recorded on
the specified disk device with the disk parameters that were detected when
the disk was recognized.
Normally, these parameters match but, either by moving the disk to a different
controller or by changing the size of a logical disk, the parameters recorded
on the disk may be incorrect.
If you are trying to mount filesystems that are on an existing disk and you
can not because the system believes that the disk parameters are no longer
compatible, you may use this option to change the disk parameters so that the
filesystems are mountable.
References
disk(7),
prtvtoc(1M),
sd01(7),
vtoc(7)
© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004