About the Volume Header

[Shoshana Abrass]

  I'm writing my own version of 'hinv'. Having the disk serial #'s appear 
  in the listing would be VERY useful.

  I've been thinking of adding a file to the volume directory in our
  disk's volume headers. It would be a plain ascii file, containing the
  serial number of the disk. I can add the file easily, using dvhtool.

  My questions are: Is it relatively straightforward to access/read the 
  file via /dev/rdsk/dksxdxvh ? and is this something I should be doing? 
  or is this yet another thing which will cause SGI to void my warranty ;).

  I considered putting a file, containing the serial #, on the regular 
  filesystem, but then I have to figure out which partitions are in use 
  before I know where to look for the file.

  -shoshana

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