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9. After fx is invoked, messages, prompts, and menus appear. A sample session is
shown. In this sample session, the default system disk device name, controller
number, and drive number chosen by fx (dksc, 0, and 1, respectively) are used.
Unless your workstation is configured in a non-standard way, the defaults chosen
by fx will be correct and you can respond with Enter to the prompts.
10. Respond to the prompts by pressing the Enter key. These responses select the
system disk:
fx: “device-name” = (dksc) <Enter>
fx: ctlr# = (0) <Enter>
fx: drive# = (1) <Enter>
...opening dksc(0,1,)
...drive selftest...OK
Scsi drive type == SGI SEAGATE ST31200N8640
----- please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)-----
[exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/ [a]uto
[b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ [f]ormat
11. Display the partitioning of the disk by giving the repartition command:
fx> repartition
----- partitions-----
part type blocks Megabytes (base+size)
7: efs 4 + 2722 3048 + 2074164
8: volhdr 0 + 4 0 + 3048
10: volume 0 + 2726 0 + 2077212
capacity is 2077833 blocks
If what yousee looks likethe examples in number11 above,you need torepartition.
If the disk doesn’t need repartitioning, skip the rest of the procedures.
For a custom installation, use a powered-on Silicon Graphics system to access the
Toolchest > Help > Online Books > SGI_Admin > IRIX Admin: Disks and Filesystems,
or find a printed copy of this guide.