> format -e
> label
> 0
> yes
>
> ?
*Empathically* no! (;-)
It's a nasty series of bugs that apparently have been lingering around since
1993, and were never completely fixed. Nowdays they are obscure bugs, and if
you look into bugs.opensolaris.org, for most of them there is no fix, on
SunSolve there is no patch, etcetera, etcetera.
Some, but only some, were fixed in certain Nevada releases. But woe to the one
not using Nevada!
Apparently these bugs, even though they make certain scenarios with certain
types of storage unusable, aren't considered important enough to be fixed (some
bugs are from 2005, and still no fix). To understand the whole story, one only
need follow the "related bugs" trail from 6446146.
Let me demonstrate:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]/]> format -e
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <ST315310A cyl 29649 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63> boot
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0
1. c0t2d0 <ST315310A cyl 29649 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63> mirror
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0
2. c2t0d0 <Western-External HDD-0106-465.76GB>
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],3/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
PROTECTED],0
3. c4t0d0 <drive type unknown>
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],3/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
PROTECTED],0
Specify disk (enter its number): 2
selecting c2t0d0
[disk formatted]
FORMAT MENU:
disk - select a disk
type - select (define) a disk type
partition - select (define) a partition table
current - describe the current disk
format - format and analyze the disk
repair - repair a defective sector
label - write label to the disk
analyze - surface analysis
defect - defect list management
backup - search for backup labels
verify - read and display labels
inquiry - show vendor, product and revision
scsi - independent SCSI mode selects
cache - enable, disable or query SCSI disk cache
volname - set 8-character volume name
!<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return
quit
format> label
[0] SMI Label
[1] EFI Label
Specify Label type[1]: 0
Warning: This disk has an EFI label. Changing to SMI label will erase all
current partitions.
Continue? yes
Auto configuration via format.dat[no]?
Auto configuration via generic SCSI-2[no]?
Autoconfiguration failed.
format>
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