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Operating Systems Solaris how to reformat a hard disk Post 302131597 by mr_balodoy on Sunday 12th of August 2007 10:37:04 PM
Old 08-12-2007
hi joerg,

I already tried the inputs you gave me and here are the scripts...

# format

Searching for disks...done


AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t1d0 <SUN2.1G cyl 2733 alt 2 hd 19 sec 80>
/iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@1,0
1. c0t3d0 <SUN1.05 cyl 2036 alt 2 hd 14 sec 72>
/iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@3,0
Specify disk (enter its number):

------------------------------

# ls -ltr /dev/dsk
total 32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Aug 9 1995 c0t3d0s0 -> ../../devicesa
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Aug 9 1995 c0t3d0s7 -> ../../devicesh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Aug 9 1995 c0t3d0s6 -> ../../devicesg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Aug 9 1995 c0t3d0s5 -> ../../devicesf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Aug 9 1995 c0t3d0s4 -> ../../devicese
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Aug 9 1995 c0t3d0s3 -> ../../devicesd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Aug 9 1995 c0t3d0s2 -> ../../devicesc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Aug 9 1995 c0t3d0s1 -> ../../devicesb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Feb 2 2005 c0t1d0s7 -> ../../devicesh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Feb 2 2005 c0t1d0s6 -> ../../devicesg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Feb 2 2005 c0t1d0s0 -> ../../devicesa
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Feb 2 2005 c0t1d0s5 -> ../../devicesf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Feb 2 2005 c0t1d0s4 -> ../../devicese
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Feb 2 2005 c0t1d0s3 -> ../../devicesd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Feb 2 2005 c0t1d0s2 -> ../../devicesc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Feb 2 2005 c0t1d0s1 -> ../../devicesb

------------------------------------

# df -k
Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s0 47975 41567 1618 96% /
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s6 211607 182009 8438 96% /usr
/proc 0 0 0 0% /proc
fd 0 0 0 0% /dev/fd
swap 206024 656 205368 0% /var/tmp
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s5 96455 59527 27288 69% /export
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s7 607086 288790 257596 53% /w.local
pylon:/export/home/vega
16068155 9052213 6855261 57% /vega
pylon:/export/home/home1
16068155 9052213 6855261 57% /home

-------------------------------------

# uname -a
SunOS robintc1 5.4 ksam.on494-patch.12/22/94 sun4m sparc

another confusion that I have is that the 2nd disk I put into the sparc computer is labeled to have 2.1G capacity but when I invoke the format command, it only has 1.05G of memory. Do you have any ideas about this?

Just tell me if you need further info about my problem 'coz I really need your input/s...

Thanks and God Bless!!!
 

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isohybrid(1)						      General Commands Manual						      isohybrid(1)

NAME

       isohybrid -- Post-process an ISO 9660 image generated with mkisofs or genisoimage to allow hybrid booting as a CD-ROM or as a hard disk.

SYNOPSIS

       isohybrid [OPTIONS] <boot.iso>

DESCRIPTION

       The isohybrid utility modifies a an ISO 9660 image generated with mkisofs, genisoimage, or compatible utilities, to be bootable as a CD-ROM
       or as a hard disk.

OPTIONS

       -h <X>
	      Number of default geometry heads

       -s <X>
	      Number of default geometry sectors

       -e <X>, --entry <X>
	      Specify parititon entry number (1-4)

       -o <X>, --offset <X>
	      Specify partition offset (default 0)

       -t <X>, --type <X>
	      Specify MBR ID (default random)

       -u, --uefi
	      Build EFI bootable image

       -m, --mac
	      Add Apple File Protocol partition table support

       --forcehd0
	      Assume we are laoded as disk ID 0

       --ctrlhd0
	      Assume disk ID 0 if the Ctrl key is pressed

       --partok
	      Allow booting from within a partition

       -?, --help
	      Display help

       -v, --verbose
	      Display verbose output

       -V, --version
	      Display version information

SEE ALSO

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