Solaris

Hi All,

I have an external scsi harddrive (HD) connected directly to the workstation. I understand when the external HD is connected and turned on, and type in "devfsadm" command. Unix will detect it but not mount the drive.

So by typing in "format" command it will display the following:
# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@1c,600000/......
1. c1t1d0 <Maxtor cyl 15055 alt 3 hd 28 sec 424> data
/pci@1c,600000/scsi@1/sd@3,0

However, if i turn the external scsi HD off and then type in the "format" command it will display the following:
# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@1c,600000/......
1. c1t1d0 <Drive not available>

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I would like to know how to remove this:

1. c1t1d0 <Drive not available>


Is there a command that remove this as the other way is to reboot the system.

Thanks

try a "devfsadm -Cv" to remove the /dev entries of the drive...

once again u enter devfsadm

Thanks, will do. what is in the /dev entries?

it is a devices directory.
in sol /dev and /device dir are there.
/dev dir is contain all logical device name(means user understanding level),
/device dir is contains all physical devices name(means system understanding language level).

Is your drive faulty?

cfgadm is another command that you may wanna use. Do man cfgadm to find out more

Dont forget to run 'devfsadm -Cv' as this will update your device tree.

Good luck!