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Invoking fx From IRIX
The procedure in this section describes how to invoke fx from IRIX.
- Make sure that the disk drive to be partitioned is not in use. That is, make sure that no filesystems are mounted and no programs are accessing the drive.
- As superuser, give the fx command:
# fx "controller_type(controller,address,logical_unit)"
The variables are:
- controller_type
- The controller type. It is dksc for SCSI controllers. For other controller types, see the fx(1M) reference page.
- controller
- The controller number for the disk.
- address
- The drive address of the disk.
- logical_unit
- The logical unit number for the device. It is used by only a few SCSI devices such as RAIDs (an array of disks with built-in redundancy) to address disks within the device. The logical_unit is normally 0.
- If you give the q
-
- command without arguments, you are prompted for these values.
-
fx first performs a controller test, then displays this menu:
---- please choose one (? for help. .. to quit this menu)----
[exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/
[b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/
fx>
The exit option quits fx, while the other commands take you to submenus. (The slash [/] character after a menu option indicates that choosing that option leads to a submenu.) For complete information on all fx options, see the fx(1M) reference page.
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