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NAME
     devinfo - print device specific information

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/lbin/devinfo -i | -p special

DESCRIPTION
     The devinfo command is used to print device specific  infor-
     mation about disk devices on standard out.

     The options have the following effect:

     -i      prints the following device information:

             Device name                Software version
             Drive id number            Device blocks per cylinder
             Device bytes per block     Number of device partitions with
                                          a block size greater than zero
     -p      prints the following device partition information:

             Device name                Device major and minor numbers
             Partition start block      Number of blocks allocated to
                                          the partition
             Partition flag             Partition tag

     This command is used by various  other  commands  to  obtain
     device  specific  information for the making of file systems
     and determining partition information.

SEE ALSO
     prtvtoc(1M).
























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