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SUN Solaris The Solaris Operating System, usually known simply as Solaris, is a free Unix-based operating system introduced by Sun Microsystems .

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Old 05-26-2008
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unable to format usb stick ?strange things happening as well!!!

Hi all,

I have a pendrive that is fat formatted...
It was being detected so far on solairs...but now during the re-installation of solaris ,i did not remove the drive and guess i screwed it up...
since then , i am unable to use it...guess its now not formatted or is corrupt...
but the irony is ,when i insert it into xp,it says "not formatted"...
when i insert into soaris through a usb hub its not detecting....
nothing in /media/
but if i connect it to the physical port then it works ,and i can look into its contents...
again here also i am unable to install many pkg that i have in it...
get an I/O error!!!

First of all, how can this be possible?
secondly i tried formatting this using the rmformat and this is what i got!!!
Code:
bash-3.2# rmformat -l
Looking for devices...
     1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0p0
        Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@6/ide@0/sd@1,0
        Connected Device: TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182D SB03
        Device Type: DVD Reader/Writer
        Bus: IDE
        Size: 681.6 MB
        Label: <None>
        Access permissions: Medium is not write protected.
     2. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0
        Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci1043,8234@2/storage@4/disk@0,0
        Connected Device:          USB FLASH DRIVE  PMAP
        Device Type: Removable
        Bus: USB
        Size: 984.0 MB
        Label: <None>
        Access permissions: Medium is not write protected.
bash-3.2# rmformat -F long /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0
Formatting will erase all the data on disk.
Do you want to continue? (y/n)y

bash-3.2# mkfs -F pcfs /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0

Device /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0 was assumed to be a diskette.
A diskette specific operation failed on this device.
If the device is a hard disk, provide the name of the full physical disk,
and qualify that name with a logical drive specifier.

Hint: the device is usually something similar to

/dev/rdsk/c0d0p0 or /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0p0 (x86)
/dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s2 (sparc)

The drive specifier is appended to the device name. For example:

/dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s2:c or /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0:boot

bash-3.2#
What does this mean, and why am i not able to format the usb stick?
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Old 05-27-2008
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Hi Bro,
Let me post you back this question. Y r u trying to take the trouble to format it in unix while you can do it from your PC anyway? Just curious.
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Old 05-27-2008
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Hi wrapster,

deffinetly your pendrive format is NTFS/FAT32.here we r having ufs in solaris.
If u want format this pendrive,just u mount on any directory with ufs file system.remove all files in dat pendrive.

any how it is defficult to format in solaris.
just u try it.
best of luck
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Quote:
Let me post you back this question. Y r u trying to take the trouble to format it in unix while you can do it from your PC anyway? Just curious.
want to learn how to do it ....And am madly passionate about opensource .
So much so that i dont have xp installed at all...
stuff that dont work on solaris, i dont need them!!!!!

Secondly,
Pls read my first post carefully, i have tried formatting but i can only get upto the sec stage...there on i cant format it...
But the strange thing is when i load it up in xp it say unformatted and provides me an option to format ....
However in solaris i can see all my files ....
The strangest of all is that am able to use some of the files directly off it
but some installation apps give an I/O error when i try installing...
even if i cp it to my HD its the same issues?
So wanted to know how this is possible?
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