Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Peter Wemm wrote:
>
> > > # ln -f ${name}${unit}.1200 ${name}${unit}135ds15
> > > # ln -f r${name}${unit}.1200 r${name}${unit}135ds15
> > >
> > > 1. What is meanings of the name? I cannot understand meanings of
> > > `96', `96ds15' and `135ds15'.
> >
> > Those are the SCO Unix/Xenix compatable names. SCO (and SYSV/386) uses tho
se
> > instead of "fdN.1440" etc.
> >
> > 48 = 48 tracks per inch = 5.25" disk,
> > 96 = 96 tracks per inch = 5.25" disk,
> > 135 = 135 tracks per inch = 3.5" disk
>
> Eh? I thought .1200 referred to 5.25" disk drives...
.1200 = 1.2MB. .1440 = 1.44MB etc. You can format things differently so
that you end up with different densities. Our default node names use the
final capacity rather than the geometry that leads to that particular
capacity.
Cheers,
-Peter
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