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Operating Systems Solaris Inappropriate ioctl for device, format error Post 302086494 by blowtorch on Thursday 24th of August 2006 09:17:29 AM
Old 08-24-2006
spoonman, a slight mistake in your mkfs syntax... it should be
Code:
mkfs /dev/rdsk/c1d0s5 18877824

You may also want to specify the '-F <filesystem>' switch, to specify the filesystem that you are creating (ufs, pcfs, so on).

I am also not sure what that 18877824 is for. You might be able to leave that out...
Again, while mounting the filesystem, it is good practice to specify the '-F <filesystem_type>' switch.
 

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MKFS.BFS(8)						       System Administration						       MKFS.BFS(8)

NAME
mkfs.bfs - make an SCO bfs filesystem SYNOPSIS
mkfs.bfs [options] device [block-count] DESCRIPTION
mkfs.bfs creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device (usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device). The block-count parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, in blocks. If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used. OPTIONS
-N, --inodes number Specify the desired number of inodes (at most 512). If nothing is specified, some default number in the range 48-512 is picked depending on the size of the partition. -V, --vname label Specify the volume label. I have no idea if/where this is used. -F, --fname name Specify the filesystem name. I have no idea if/where this is used. -v, --verbose Explain what is being done. -c This option is silently ignored. -l This option is silently ignored. -h, --help Display help text and exit. -V, --version Output version information and exit. Option -V only works as --version when it is the only option. EXIT CODES
The exit code returned by mkfs.bfs is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong. SEE ALSO
mkfs(8). AVAILABILITY
The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. util-linux July 2011 MKFS.BFS(8)
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