The $SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/scripts directory contains scripts for installing the us_english sample database, foreign language sample databases, and the image data associated with the U.S. English pubs2 sample database.
If you have not used sp_diskdefault to change the status of the master device or to specify another default device, the scripts install the sample databases on the master device. Sybase does not recommend this configuration because it uses valuable space that is best used for system tables. Each sample database requires 3MB on a 2K server, and multiples of 3MB on a 2K, 4K, 8K, and 16K server on your database device.