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* Linux [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/dvhtool dvhtool] | * Linux [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/dvhtool dvhtool] | ||
* Linux ''fdisk'' from [http://freshmeat.net/projects/util-linux/ util-linux] | * Linux ''fdisk'' from [http://freshmeat.net/projects/util-linux/ util-linux] | ||
| + | * GNU [http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/ parted] | ||
* NetBSD [http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/arch/sgimips/stand/sgivol/ sgivol] | * NetBSD [http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/arch/sgimips/stand/sgivol/ sgivol] | ||
* [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/genisovh genisovh] Make CD-ROMs bootable for SGI MIPS machines | * [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/genisovh genisovh] Make CD-ROMs bootable for SGI MIPS machines | ||
Revision as of 07:23, 19 March 2006
On a SGI's ARCS systems all disks (even CD) must have a IRIX volume header vh(7M) and partitions. A typical IRIX bootable volume consists of the following partitions:
- Partition 0 - Root Filesystem partition.
- Partition 1 - Swap partition.
- Partition 7 - Volume Body partition.
- Partition 8 - Volume Header partition.
- Partition 10 - Whole Disk partition.
The Volume Header partition must start at the first sector on the disk. It contains the disk label in the first sector, and a rudimentary filesystem (readable by the PROM Monitor) in the rest of the partition.
