Logical Device Name

The final stage of the autoconfiguration process involves the creation of the logical device name to reflect the new set of devices on the system. The logical device name is a link from the /dev directory to the physical device name located in the /devices directory. To see a list of logical device names for the disks connected to your system, execute a long listing on the / dev/ dsk directory, as follows:

 ls -l /dev/dsk total 48 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Jul 21 07:45 c0t0d0s0 -> \ ../../devices/iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/espdma@f,400000/esp@f, 800000/sd@0,0:a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Jul 21 07:45 c0t0d0s1 -> \ ../../devices/iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/espdma@f,400000/esp@f, 800000/sd@0,0:b lrwxrwxrwx 1 root ...

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