Sun Microsystems V890, V880 manual Partitioning and formatting a disk

Maintenance

Partitioning and formatting a disk

To partition and format a disk:

1.At the system prompt, enter: format

A message that is similar to the following example is displayed:

Searching for disks...done

AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:

0.c1t0d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848> /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/ssd@w500000e010ad48e1,0

1.c1t1d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848> /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/ssd@w500000e010ad39f1,0

2.c1t3d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848> /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/ssd@w21000011c6469a7e,0

3.c1t4d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848>

/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/ssd@w21000011c659c9d0,0 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, for example, c0t1d0, and the Format Menu are displayed:

selecting c1t1d0 [disk formatted]

FORMAT MENU:	- select a disk
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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