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1.1     ! root        1: .TH DISKTAB 5 "2 March 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: disktab \- disk description file
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B #include <disktab.h>
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Disktab
        !             9: is a simple date base which describes disk geometries and
        !            10: disk partition characteristics.  The format is patterned
        !            11: after the
        !            12: .IR termcap (5)
        !            13: terminal data base.  Entries in 
        !            14: .I disktab
        !            15: consist of a number of `:' separated fields.  The
        !            16: first entry for each disk gives the names which are
        !            17: known for the disk, separated by `|' characters.  The
        !            18: last name given should be a long name fully identifying
        !            19: the disk. 
        !            20: .PP
        !            21: The following list indicates the normal values
        !            22: stored for each disk entry.
        !            23: .nf
        !            24: 
        !            25: .ta \w'Name  'u +\w'Type  'u
        !            26: \fBName        Type    Description\fP
        !            27: ns     num     Number of sectors per track
        !            28: nt     num     Number of tracks per cylinder
        !            29: nc     num     Total number of cylinders on the disk
        !            30: ba     num     Block size for partition `a' (bytes)
        !            31: bd     num     Block size for partition `d' (bytes)
        !            32: be     num     Block size for partition `e' (bytes)
        !            33: bf     num     Block size for partition `f' (bytes)
        !            34: bg     num     Block size for partition `g' (bytes)
        !            35: bh     num     Block size for partition `h' (bytes)
        !            36: fa     num     Fragment size for partition `a' (bytes)
        !            37: fd     num     Fragment size for partition `d' (bytes)
        !            38: fe     num     Fragment size for partition `e' (bytes)
        !            39: ff     num     Fragment size for partition `f' (bytes)
        !            40: fg     num     Fragment size for partition `g' (bytes)
        !            41: fh     num     Fragment size for partition `h' (bytes)
        !            42: pa     num     Size of partition `a' in sectors
        !            43: pb     num     Size of partition `b' in sectors
        !            44: pc     num     Size of partition `c' in sectors
        !            45: pd     num     Size of partition `d' in sectors
        !            46: pe     num     Size of partition `e' in sectors
        !            47: pf     num     Size of partition `f' in sectors
        !            48: pg     num     Size of partition `g' in sectors
        !            49: ph     num     Size of partition `h' in sectors
        !            50: se     num     Sector size in bytes
        !            51: ty     str     Type of disk (e.g. removable, winchester)
        !            52: .fi
        !            53: .SH FILES
        !            54: /etc/disktab
        !            55: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            56: newfs(8)
        !            57: .SH BUGS
        !            58: This file shouldn't exist, the information should be
        !            59: stored on each disk pack.

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