The answer is simple: under OSF (nee DU), you don't need one.
Use /sbin/disklabel and it will create it's own!!!!
Specifically, use the following command:
/sbin/disklabel -rw rz# Micropolis4421
where # is the SCSI ID number of your drive (you may need to do a MAKEDEV rz#
first) (e.g. rz1)
and where the label Micropolis4421 is what ever you want it to be!
You can always check to see the labelling info on a drive by typing:
disklabel -r rz1 (or whatever your drive). If there is labeling info there,
it will display it, along with the partitioning info.
(just like chpt -q for us old unix folks...:-)
If you need to "unlabel it" before you "relabel it", then try:
disklabel -z rz1 (or whatever your drive is)
(I knew to use disklabel to actually format the drive, but I thought you
needed a pointer into a disktab entry. The man page on disklabel doesn't
make that very clear!)
Thanks to Jason Heyd, jheyd_at_lycos.com for his extremely prompt and correct
answer!
Oh, I forgot to quote the original question! Here it is:
I need a disktab entry for a Micropolis 4421-07 2 GB disk drive.
Thanks!
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