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Operating Systems Solaris metadevice problem Post 302419906 by kingston on Monday 10th of May 2010 04:45:09 AM
Old 05-10-2010
hi reboot
thanks for the quick reply...

how to check the slices whether its has overlaping cylinders or not?
Thanks for ur help...here is the details you asked...

Now, i delete the mirroring in my disks and get back to the eariler stage where i am getting problem to post the format output command.

1. This is the partition table in my first hard disk.

Code:
bash-3.00# format
Searching for disks...done


AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c0t0d0 <ST380011A cyl 38307 alt 2 hd 16 sec 255>
          /pci@1f,0/ide@d/dad@0,0
       1. c1t1d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
          /pci@1f,0/pci@5/pci@0/scsi@5/sd@1,0
       2. c1t2d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
          /pci@1f,0/pci@5/pci@0/scsi@5/sd@2,0
       3. c1t3d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
          /pci@1f,0/pci@5/pci@0/scsi@5/sd@3,0
       4. c1t4d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
          /pci@1f,0/pci@5/pci@0/scsi@5/sd@4,0
       5. c1t5d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
          /pci@1f,0/pci@5/pci@0/scsi@5/sd@5,0
       6. c1t6d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
          /pci@1f,0/pci@5/pci@0/scsi@5/sd@6,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 1
selecting c1t1d0
[disk formatted]

partition> 7
Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
  7 unassigned    wm       0 - 23955       33.00GB    (23956/0/0) 69208884

Enter partition id tag[unassigned]:
Enter partition permission flags[wm]:
Enter new starting cyl[0]:
Enter partition size[69208884b, 23956c, 23955e, 33793.40mb, 33.00gb]: 50.00mb
partition> 6
Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
  6 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0

Enter partition id tag[unassigned]:
Enter partition permission flags[wm]:
Enter new starting cyl[0]:
Enter partition size[0b, 0c, 0e, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]: 33.00gb
partition> print
Current partition table (unnamed):
Total disk cylinders available: 24620 + 2 (reserved cylinders)

Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
  0 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  1 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  2     backup    wu       0 - 24619       33.92GB    (24620/0/0) 71127180
  3 unassigned    wu       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  4 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  5 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  6 unassigned    wm       0 - 23955       33.00GB    (23956/0/0) 69208884
  7 unassigned    wm       0 -    35       50.78MB    (36/0/0)      104004

partition> label
Ready to label disk, continue? y

2. This is for my second hard disk
Code:
partition> print
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 24620 + 2 (reserved cylinders)

Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
  0 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  1 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  2     backup    wu       0 - 24619       33.92GB    (24620/0/0) 71127180
  3 unassigned    wu       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  4 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  5 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  6 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  7 unassigned    wm       0 - 23955       33.00GB    (23956/0/0) 69208884

partition> 7
Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
  7 unassigned    wm       0 - 23955       33.00GB    (23956/0/0) 69208884

Enter partition id tag[unassigned]:
Enter partition permission flags[wm]:
Enter new starting cyl[0]:
Enter partition size[69208884b, 23956c, 23955e, 33793.40mb, 33.00gb]: 50.00mb
partition> print
Current partition table (unnamed):
Total disk cylinders available: 24620 + 2 (reserved cylinders)

Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
  0 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  1 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  2     backup    wu       0 - 24619       33.92GB    (24620/0/0) 71127180
  3 unassigned    wu       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  4 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  5 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  6 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  7 unassigned    wm       0 -    35       50.78MB    (36/0/0)      104004

partition> 6
Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
  6 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0

Enter partition id tag[unassigned]:
Enter partition permission flags[wm]:
Enter new starting cyl[0]:
Enter partition size[0b, 0c, 0e, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]: 33.00gb
partition> print
Current partition table (unnamed):
Total disk cylinders available: 24620 + 2 (reserved cylinders)

Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
  0 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  1 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  2     backup    wu       0 - 24619       33.92GB    (24620/0/0) 71127180
  3 unassigned    wu       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  4 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  5 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
  6 unassigned    wm       0 - 23955       33.00GB    (23956/0/0) 69208884
  7 unassigned    wm       0 -    35       50.78MB    (36/0/0)      104004

partition> label
Ready to label disk, continue? y

3. My meta databases are here
Code:
bash-3.00# metadb -a c1t1d0s7 c1t2d0s7
bash-3.00# metadb
        flags           first blk       block count
     a        u         16              8192            /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s7
     a        u         16              8192            /dev/dsk/c1t2d0s7

4. Here is the error what i am getting.

Code:
bash-3.00# metainit d10 1 1 c1t1d0s6
metainit: u15_9: c1t1d0s6: overlaps with device in metadevice state database

So Now tell me where did i made the mistake...I want to ask you one more question.
How to delete a partiton properly from format utility?

Regards


Kingston S
Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags for readability, especially if a lot of command output is posted
Last edited by kingston; 05-10-2010 at 08:51 AM.. Reason: sentence mistake
 

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