hi,
i run a sun fire X4200. on one hard disk i have my solaris 10.
on the other disk, there are a windows and a linux. now i want to delete the
whole windows and linux partition and format the drive as ufs.
cfgadm, shows the correct disks. (c0t1d0 is the solaris disk, c0t0d0 is the
linux and windows disk). The two disks are from the same type.
bash-3.00# cfgadm -al
Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition
c0 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c0::dsk/c0t0d0 disk connected configured unknown
c0::dsk/c0t1d0 disk connected configured unknown
usb0/1 usb-storage connected configured ok
usb0/2 usb-kbd connected configured ok
...
now the CONFUSION:
when i use format, i get these confusing output
bash-3.00# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 129 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci1022,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1000,[EMAIL
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0
1. c0t1d0 <DEFAULT cyl 8908 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci1022,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1000,[EMAIL
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0
Specify disk (enter its number):
1)why, does my c0t0d0 only have 129 cylinder
when i type verify
format> verify
Warning: Could not read backup labels.
Warning: Check the current partitioning and 'label' the disk or use the
'backup' command.
Primary label contents:
Volume name = < >
ascii name = <DEFAULT cyl 129 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
pcyl = 131
ncyl = 129
acyl = 2
bcyl = 0
nhead = 255
nsect = 63
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
1 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
2 backup wu 0 - 128 1011.91MB (129/0/0) 2072385
3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
6 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
8 boot wu 0 - 0 7.84MB (1/0/0) 16065
9 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
2) why aren't the windows and linux partition displayed?!?
but when i type fdisk
Total disk size is 8924 cylinders
Cylinder size is 16065 (512 byte) blocks
Cylinders
Partition Status Type Start End Length %
========= ====== ============ ===== === ====== ===
1 Active IFS: NTFS 0 4333 4334 49
2 Solaris 4334 4464 131 1
3 Linux native 4465 8922 4458 50
3)why is there now the correct number of cylinders and why are there now the
windows and linux partition shown?
thanks for helping me to understand these things.
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