05-27-2010
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Originally Posted by
Celtic_Monkey
ah - so you should have had a corrupt label error in dmesg? do you check? ;-)
that was my next line of attack!
there was no corrupt label, just an EFI label.
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getvol
getvol(1M) System Administration Commands getvol(1M)
NAME
getvol - verifies device accessibility
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/getvol -n [-l label] device
/usr/bin/getvol [-f | -F] [-ow] [-l label | -x label] device
DESCRIPTION
getvol verifies that the specified device is accessible and that a volume of the appropriate medium has been inserted. The command is
interactive and displays instructional prompts, describes errors, and shows required label information.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-n Runs the command in non-interactive mode. The volume is assumed to be inserted upon command invocation.
-l label Specifies that the label label must exist on the inserted volume (can be overridden by the -o option).
-f Formats the volume after insertion, using the format command defined for this device in the device table.
-F Formats the volume after insertion and places a file system on the device. Also uses the format command defined for this device
in the device table.
-o Allows the administrator to override a label check.
-w Allows administrator to write a new label on the device. User is prompted to supply the label text. This option is ineffective
if the -n option is enabled.
-x label Specifies that the label label must exist on the device. This option should be used in place of the -l option when the label
can only be verified by visual means. Use of the option causes a message to be displayed asking the administrator to visually
verify that the label is indeed label.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
device Specifies the device to be verified for accessibility.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
1 Command syntax was incorrect, invalid option was used, or an internal error occurred.
3 Device table could not be opened for reading.
FILES
/etc/device.tab
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
attributes(5)
NOTES
This command uses the device table to determine the characteristics of the device when performing the volume label checking.
SunOS 5.11 5 Jul 1990 getvol(1M)