Create The Appropriate Disk Slices - Sony SMO-F551 Installation Manual

Warring – Do not use the format window that comes from file manager automatically, when
the unformatted media is inserted before volume management shutdown.
Caution – Be sure you have specified the correct device name before performing this step.
Example—Formatting a Disk
The following example shows how to format the disk c0t2d0.
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AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <SUN4.2G cyl 3880 alt 2 hd 16 sec 135>
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@0,0
1. c0t2d0 <SONY-SMO-F551-1.20 cyl 4004 alt 2 hd 32 sec 31>
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@2,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 1
AVAILABLE DRIVE TYPES:
0. Auto configure
1. Quantum ProDrive 80S
2. Quantum ProDrive 105S
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18. SUN4.2G
19. other
Specify disk type (enter its number): 0
Auto configuration via format.dat[no]? n
Auto configuration via generic SCSI-2[no]? y
c0t2d0: configured with capacity of 1.89GB
<SONY-SMO-F551-1.20 cyl 4004 alt 2 hd 32 sec 31>
selecting c0t2d0
[disk formatted]
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SCSI-2 drives do not require a format.dat entry. The format utility automatically
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configures the SCSI-2 drivers if the drives are powered on during a reconfiguration
boot.

3. Create the appropriate disk slices.

c) Select the partition menu.
format > partition
d) Display the slice information for the current disk drive.
partition > print
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