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It is used .\"by the formatter(\c .\"IR.Xr format 8 ) .\"to determine how to format the disk, and to initialize the disk label on the disk. The format is patterned after the .Xr termcap 5 terminal data base. Entries in .Nm consist of a number of `:'-separated fields. The first field for each entry gives the names by which a disk's entry may be selected, separated by `|' characters. The last name given should be a long name fully identifying the disk. .Pp The optional fields for each entry are: .Bl -column "indent" "boolx" .It Sy "ID Type Description" .It "\&ty str Type of disk (e.g. removable, winchester)" .It "\&dt str Type of controller (e.g." .Tn SMD , ESDI , floppy) .It "\&ns num Number of sectors per track" .It "\&nt num Number of tracks per cylinder" .It "\&nc num Total number of cylinders on the disk" .It "\&sc num Number of sectors per cylinder, nc*nt default" .It "\&su num Number of sectors per unit, sc*nc default" .It "\&se num Sector size in bytes," .Dv DEV_BSIZE default .It "\&rm num Rotation speed, rpm, 3600 default" .It "\&sk num Sector skew per track, default 0" .It "\&cs num Sector skew per cylinder, default 0" .It "\&hs num Headswitch time, usec, default 0" .It "\&ts num One-cylinder seek time, usec, default 0" .It "\&il num Sector interleave (n:1), 1 default" .It "\&bs num Boot block size, default" .Dv BBSIZE .Xr disklabel 8 .It "\&sb num Superblock size, default" .Dv SBSIZE .It "\&ba num Block size for partition `a' (bytes)" .It "\&bd num Block size for partition `d' (bytes)" .It "\&be num Block size for partition `e' (bytes)" .It "\&bf num Block size for partition `f' (bytes)" .It "\&bg num Block size for partition `g' (bytes)" .It "\&bh num Block size for partition `h' (bytes)" .It "\&fa num Fragment size for partition `a' (bytes)" .It "\&fd num Fragment size for partition `d' (bytes)" .It "\&fe num Fragment size for partition `e' (bytes)" .It "\&ff num Fragment size for partition `f' (bytes)" .It "\&fg num Fragment size for partition `g' (bytes)" .It "\&fh num Fragment size for partition `h' (bytes)" .It "\&oa num Offset of partition `a' in sectors" .It "\&ob num Offset of partition `b' in sectors" .It "\&oc num Offset of partition `c' in sectors" .It "\&od num Offset of partition `d' in sectors" .It "\&oe num Offset of partition `e' in sectors" .It "\&of num Offset of partition `f' in sectors" .It "\&og num Offset of partition `g' in sectors" .It "\&oh num Offset of partition `h' in sectors" .It "\&pa num Size of partition `a' in sectors" .It "\&pb num Size of partition `b' in sectors" .It "\&pc num Size of partition `c' in sectors" .It "\&pd num Size of partition `d' in sectors" .It "\&pe num Size of partition `e' in sectors" .It "\&pf num Size of partition `f' in sectors" .It "\&pg num Size of partition `g' in sectors" .It "\&ph num Size of partition `h' in sectors" .It "\&ta str Partition type of partition `a'" .Pf ( Bx 4.2 filesystem, swap, etc) .It "\&tb str Partition type of partition `b'" .It "\&tc str Partition type of partition `c'" .It "\&td str Partition type of partition `d'" .It "\&te str Partition type of partition `e'" .It "\&tf str Partition type of partition `f'" .It "\&tg str Partition type of partition `g'" .It "\&th str Partition type of partition `h'" .El .Pp The following entries have been discontinued and are no longer supported: .Bl -column "indent" "boolx" .It "\&d[0-4] num Drive-type-dependent parameters" .It "\&b[0-1] num Boot block filenames" .It "\&sf bool Controller supports bad144-style bad sector forwarding" .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/disktab -compact .It Pa /etc/disktab .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr getdiskbyname 3 , .Xr disklabel 5 , .Xr disklabel 8 , .Xr newfs 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm description file appeared in .Bx 4.2 .