Lucent Technologies 585-210-940 manual Partitioning disks with the format command

Maintaining Mirrored Systems	CentreVu CMS Release 3 Version 8 Disk-Mirrored Systems
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Partitioning disks with the format command

To use the format command to partition a disk, do the following steps:

1.Enter: # format

A menu of disks displays. You are asked to select one.

2.Enter the menu number of the disk to be partitioned. A list of commands displays, followed by the format> prompt.

3.Enter: format> partition

The partition> prompt displays.

4.Enter: partition> print

The partition table displays and partition> returns.

5.Enter the number of the partition to be configured. The system begins a series of prompts for partitioning information. Answer according to the CMS version, disk type (boot or nonboot), and disk size you are partitioning.

Partitioning (Note: Never change the default size of the overlap slice!)

						CMS R3V8
				CMS R3V8		9.1-GB Disk
						SCSI (E3000)
				4.2-GB Disk
						and FC-AL (E
						3500)
Disk	Part	Tag	Flag	Size	Starting	Size	Starting
Type				(cyl.)	Cylinder	(cyl.)	Cylinder
Boot	0	boot disk 1: / or root	wm	1023	0	616	0
		boot disk 2: unassigned
	1	unassigned	wm	7	1023	7	616
	2	overlap or backup	wm	3880	0	4924	0
	3	unassigned	wm	1879	1030	3716	623
	4	swap	wm	971	2909	585	4339
	5-7	unassigned	wm	0	0	0	0
Nonboot	0	unassigned	wm	2	0	2	0
	1	unassigned	wm	3878	2	4922	2
	2	overlap or backup	wm	3880	0	4924	0
	3-7	unassigned	wm	0	0	0	0