NAME

diskst − determine and print disk geometry

SYNOPSIS

diskst diskname

DESCRIPTION

diskst uses ioctls to determine the geometry of the specified disk.  When invoked in the C-shell, diskst prints the disk geometry on the standard output. 

diskname can be either an exact pathname, such as /dev/rsm0a, or a disk name, such as sm0. 

EXAMPLE

2% diskst /dev/rsm0a
ntracks    =24
nsectors   =48
ncylinders =710
partition a: size=15884, offset=0
partition b: size=66880, offset=14
partition c: size=817920, offset=0
partition d: size=15884, offset=326
partition e: size=307200, offset=340
partition f: size=118464, offset=607
partition g: size=442176, offset=326
partition h: size=291346, offset=73

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  21 September 1987