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Operating Systems Solaris How to backup (create image) SunOS 5.10 sparc? Post 303012784 by hicksd8 on Friday 9th of February 2018 03:11:55 AM
Old 02-09-2018
Firstly, I appreciate why you are trying to connect an external HDD but do you realize just how slow it might be? If your (Sun) hardware is USB1 then it will be hopeless!! If it's USB2 it will be better but not fast and I doubt you have USB3 which would be ideal.

Having said that......

Secondly, from what you've posted I reckon that the volume manager is getting in your way and interfering with USB operations. So let's shoot that down because I doubt it's needed for anything else. On Solaris 10 as root that is:

Code:
# svcadm disable volfs

You've obviously done some highly relevant research and you have the right idea. Try again with rmformat (to find the device node once you've plugged the USB drive in), fdisk to delete existing/create new partition, and newfs to write down a new filesystem.

Try again to do all that once you've stopped volume manager messing up your life.

EDIT: You may not see the external HDD listed by format. Don't worry about that.
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install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

NAME
install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system SYNOPSIS
install-solaris install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation, install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer. The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation: For SPARC machines: 128 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 128 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 384 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation For x86 machines: 256 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 256 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 512 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea- tures available. install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more details. install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements. Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections. See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- | | |lation media) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5) It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus. 23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)
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