Partitioning Disks With The Format Command - Lucent Technologies CentreVu Release 3 Version 8 Disk-Mirrored Systems User Manual

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Partitioning disks with the format command

Partitioning disks with the format command
Partitioning (Note: Never change the default size of the overlap slice!)
Disk
Type
Boot
Nonboot
CentreVu CMS Release 3 Version 8 Disk-Mirrored Systems
To use the format command to partition a disk, do the following steps:
1. Enter: # format
A menu of disks displays. You are asked to select one.
2. Enter the menu number of the disk to be partitioned. A list of
commands displays, followed by the format> prompt.
3. Enter: format> partition
The partition> prompt displays.
4. Enter: partition> print
The partition table displays and partition> returns.
5. Enter the number of the partition to be configured. The system
begins a series of prompts for partitioning information. Answer
according to the CMS version, disk type (boot or nonboot), and disk
size you are partitioning.
Part Tag
boot disk 1: / or root
0
boot disk 2: unassigned
1 unassigned
2 overlap or backup
3 unassigned
4 swap
5-7 unassigned
0 unassigned
1 unassigned
overlap or backup
2
3-7 unassigned
CMS R3V8
4.2-GB Disk
Size Starting
Flag
(cyl.) Cylinder
wm 1023 0
wm 7 1023
wm 3880 0
wm 1879 1030
wm 971 2909
wm 0 0
wm 2 0
wm 3878 2
wm 3880 0
wm 0 0
CMS R3V8
9.1-GB Disk
SCSI (E3000)
and FC-AL (E
3500)
Size Starting
(cyl.) Cylinder
616 0
7 616
4924 0
3716 623
585 4339
0 0
2 0
4922 2
4924 0
0 0
76
3