Finding the target "/dev/sg" device
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General description
This section describes how to find proper "/dev/sg" device for CHARON mapping
Procedures of finding the target "/dev/sg" device
First method
In xterm console issue:
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The output will look something like:
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The fifth field ("type") is the device type.
Value | Device |
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0 | Disk |
1 | Tape |
5 | CD-ROM |
The "N" in the "/dev/sgN" is the line number in this table (starting from 0) corresponded to the devices CHARON-AXP will use.
Thus "/dev/sg0" will be CD-ROM mapping in this example.
Second method
On a freshly booted system please issue the following command:
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The output will look like that:
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This table lists all the devices, not only the real SCSI ones (SATA/IDE for example). CHARON supports only real SCSI devices.