On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Peter Taps <ptr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I am running OpenSolaris under VMware. In order to understand how hot 
> swapping works, I did the following experiment:
>
> 1. From a terminal window, I ran "format" command. This command showed only 
> one disk - c8t0d0.
>
> 2. From VMWare server, I added a new hardware as SCSI disk.

2.5. Run "devfsadm"

>
> 3. From the terminal window, I ran "format" once again.
>
> However, the new disk does not show up in the list.
>
> I rebooted the system and ran "format" once again. This time it shows two 
> devices - c8t0d0 and c8t1d0.
>
> I am wondering why the disk was not detected. Is there a step that I am 
> missing?

See step 2.5.  :)

>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Regards,
> Peter


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