Maintaining disk drives

Partitioning and formatting a disk

To partition and format a disk:

1.At the system prompt, enter: format

A message similar to the following example is displayed:

AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:

0.c0t0d0 <ST320420A cyl 39533 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63> /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@0,0

1.c0t1d0 <ST320420A cyl 39533 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63> /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@1,0

2.c1t0d0 <SUN4.2G cyl 3880 alt 2 hd 16 sec 135> /pci@1f,0/pci@1/scsi@2/sd@0,0

3.c1t1d0 <SUN9.0G cyl 4924 alt 2 hd 27 sec 133> /pci@1f,0/pci@1/scsi@2/sd@1,0

Specify disk (enter its number):

2.Enter the disk number that corresponds to the disk that you added. Be sure to specify the number that exactly matches the disk added.

Specify disk (enter its number): 1

The device number of the disk that you are partitioning is displayed, for example, c0t1d0, and the Format Menu is displayed:

selecting c0t1d0

 

[disk formatted]

 

FORMAT MENU:

 

disk

- select a disk

type

- select (define) a disk type

partition

- select (define) a partition table

current

- describe the current disk

format

- format and analyze the disk

repair

- repair a defective sector

label

- write label to the disk

analyze

- surface analysis

defect

- defect list management

backup

- search for backup labels

verify

- read and display labels

save

- save new disk/partition definitions

inquiry

- show vendor, product and revision

volname

- set 8-character volume name

!<cmd>

- execute <cmd>, then return

quit

 

format>

 

 

 

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Avaya 585-215-871 manual Partitioning and formatting a disk, Available Disk Selections

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