Re: disks, partitions, slices, etc.

[Jeff <pacavegano%tutamail.com@localhost>]

Oct 3, 2026, 00:59 by rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost:

> On Sat, 3 Oct 2026, Jeff wrote:
>
>> Specific things that I don't know:
>>
>> - How do I learn what NetBSD calls the partition that I want to work with.  For instance, if "fdisk -l" in Linux tells me that it's /dev/sda4, what command can I run in NetBSD to find out what NetBSD calls it?
>>
>
> sysctl hw.disknames
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> -RVP
>
Oh, cool!  I guess this answers the question I asked at the end of my reply to Martin. I should have read ahead. :-)

Thanks!
Jeff