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INITDISK(1M)							  INITDISK(1M)

NAME
     initDisk - initializes disk and partitions is as an option disk

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sysadm/privbin/initDisk -d drivetype -c controller number -u unit
     number [ -l LUN]

DESCRIPTION
     initDisk invokes fx to initialize a disk and partition it as an option
     disk with all usable space in one partition, partition 7.	It is
     essentially equivalent to performing the operation	 fx -x -c INITIALIZE
     on the indicated disk.

OPTIONS
     -d drivetype
	  recognized types can be found in the fx(1M) man page.	 The types
	  include dksc for SCSI drives, jag for SCSI drives connected to a
	  Jaguar VME SCSI controller, and fd for floppy drives.

     -c controller number
	  the controller that the drive is attached to.

     -u unit number
	  The unit number of the drive

     -l LUN
	  The LUN of the drive, if the LUN in non-zero.

EXAMPLE
     "initDisk -d dksc -c 0 -u 1" would initialize the SCSI disk with unit ID
     number 1 attached to SCSI controller 0.

SEE ALSO
     sysmgr(1M), runpriv(1M), DiskManager(1M), fx(1M).

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