Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Manual page 162

1. Start the format utility
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# format
The format utility might generate messages about corruption of the current
label on the volume, which you are going to change. You can safely ignore these
messages.
2. Select the disk name that represents the RAID volume that you have
configured.
In this example, c0t2d0 is the logical name of the volume.
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# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
Specify disk (enter its number): 2
selecting c0t2d0
[disk formatted]
FORMAT MENU:
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0. c0t0d0 <SUN72G cyl 14084 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/sd@0,0
1. c0t1d0 <SUN72G cyl 14084 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/sd@1,0
2. c0t2d0 <SUN72G cyl 14084 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/sd@2,0
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
fdisk - run the fdisk program
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
save - save new disk/partition definitions
inquiry - show vendor, product and revision
volname - set 8-character volume name
!<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return
quit