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Disc
Initialisation
with IRIX fx
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1. Introduction
fx is the IRIX tool for disc
initialisation and partitioning. You will need to run this tool
at least once with every new harddisc. This tool is also imprtant
for writing the so called 'label' onto the disc - IRIX won't accept
any harddiscs without this label. Especially it is not directly
possible to install IRIX on a disc without this label. The next
section will help you starting the fx
tool from the 'Installation Tools' CD without any working IRIX installation.
2. Booting into fx
- Onyx/Challenge R4K, Indigo R4K, Indigo2 R4K, Indy, O2:
boot -f dksc(X,Y,8)sashARCS dksc(X,Y,7)stand/fx.ARCS
--x
- Onyx/Challenge R8K/R10K, Indigo2 R8K/R10K, Onyx2, Origin (except
for an Origin 200), Octane, Fuel:
boot -f dksc(X,Y,8)sash64 dksc(X,Y,7)stand/fx.64 --x
- Origin 200 (Firmware up to 6.111):
boot -f cdrom(X,Y,8)sash64 cdrom(X,Y,7)stand/fx.64
--x
3. Using fx
In most cases you want to partition a harddrive as a root-drive,
that is the first harddisc in your system that contains the operating
system. To do so, simply select repartition and then root-drive
in fx, then exit.
4. Cleaning a Partition
Sometimes you want to clean a partition.
----- 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
fx> label/show/partition
----- partitions-----
part type cyls blocks Megabytes (base+size)
0: efs 8 + 103 2528 + 32548 1 + 16
1: rawdata 111 + 259 35076 + 81844 17 + 40
6: efs 370 + 7553 116920 + 2386748 57 + 1165
8: volhdr 0 + 8 0 + 2528 0 + 1
10: entire 0 + 7923 0 + 2503668 0 + 1222
----- 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
fx> exercise/sequential
fx/exercise/sequential: modifier = (rd-only) wr-o
fx/exercise/sequential: starting block# = ((0)) 2528
fx/exercise/sequential: nblocks = ((2501140)) 32548
fx/exercise/sequential: nscans = (1)
* * * * * W A R N I N G * * * * *
about to destroy data on disk dksc(0,1,)! ok? yes
sequential pass 1: scanning [(2528), (35076))
........... 10.......... 20.......... 30.......... 40..........
50.......... 60.......... 70.......... 80.......... 90..........
100..
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