Dear All,
I had installed Solaris 10 in X86 Machine. I had installed OS in 1 HDD and kept other HDD for data purposes.But i m neither able to format the disk nor able to create a partition on it. I had enclosed you the putty logs of those steps. Request you to kindly help me.
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bash-3.2#
bash-3.2# formatcat /etc/iscsi/catformat
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <DELL -PERC 6/i -1.11 cyl 30315 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
/pci@0,0/pci8086,25e3@3/pci1028,1f0c@0/sd@0,0
1. c0t1d0 <DELL -PERC 6/i -1.11 cyl 30315 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
/pci@0,0/pci8086,25e3@3/pci1028,1f0c@0/sd@1,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 1
selecting c0t1d0
[disk formatted]
FORMAT MENU:
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
format> format
Ready to format. Formatting cannot be interrupted.
Continue? y
Beginning format. The current time is Mon May 26 15:45:32 2014
Formatting...
Format failed
Retry of formatting operation without any of the standard
mode selects and ignoring disk's Grown Defects list. The
disk may be able to be reformatted this way if an earlier
formatting operation was interrupted by a power failure or
SCSI bus reset. The Grown Defects list will be recreated
by format verification and surface analysis.
Retry format without mode selects and Grown Defects list? y
Formatting...
Illegal request during format
ASC: 0x20 ASCQ: 0x0
Illegal request during format
ASC: 0x20 ASCQ: 0x0
failed
format> fdisk
Total disk size is 30318 cylinders
Cylinder size is 16065 (512 byte) blocks
Cylinders
Partition Status Type Start End Length %
========= ====== ============ ===== === ====== ===
1 Active Solaris2 1 30317 30317 100
SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Create a partition
2. Specify the active partition
3. Delete a partition
4. Change between Solaris and Solaris2 Partition IDs
5. Exit (update disk configuration and exit)
6. Cancel (exit without updating disk configuration)
Enter Selection: 1
Select the partition type to create:
1=SOLARIS2 2=UNIX 3=PCIXOS 4=Other
5=DOS12 6=DOS16 7=DOSEXT 8=DOSBIG
9=DOS16LBA A=x86 Boot B=Diagnostic C=FAT32
D=FAT32LBA E=DOSEXTLBA F=EFI 0=Exit? 1
Specify the percentage of disk to use for this partition
(or type "c" to specify the size in cylinders). c
Enter starting cylinder number: 5
Enter partition size in cylinders: 10
Cylinder 5 is already allocated
retry the operation. Total disk size is 30318 cylinders
Cylinder size is 16065 (512 byte) blocks
Cylinders
Partition Status Type Start End Length %
========= ====== ============ ===== === ====== ===
1 Active Solaris2 1 30317 30317 100
SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Create a partition
2. Specify the active partition
3. Delete a partition
4. Change between Solaris and Solaris2 Partition IDs
5. Exit (update disk configuration and exit)
6. Cancel (exit without updating disk configuration)
Enter Selection: 6
format> quit
bash-3.2# df -kh
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 952M 453M 442M 51% /
/devices 0K 0K 0K 0% /devices
ctfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/contract
proc 0K 0K 0K 0% /proc
mnttab 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/mnttab
swap 6.5G 960K 6.5G 1% /etc/svc/volatile
objfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/object
sharefs 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/dfs/sharetab
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s6 6.2G 4.4G 1.8G 71% /usr
/usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap1.so.1
6.2G 4.4G 1.8G 71% /lib/libc.so.1
fd 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev/fd
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 272M 124M 121M 51% /var
swap 6.5G 36K 6.5G 1% /tmp
swap 6.5G 28K 6.5G 1% /var/run
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5 220M 128M 70M 65% /opt
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7 219G 222M 217G 1% /export/home
/export/home/unixadmin1
219G 222M 217G 1% /home/unixadmin1
bash-3.2# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <DELL -PERC 6/i -1.11 cyl 30315 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
/pci@0,0/pci8086,25e3@3/pci1028,1f0c@0/sd@0,0
1. c0t1d0 <DELL -PERC 6/i -1.11 cyl 30315 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
/pci@0,0/pci8086,25e3@3/pci1028,1f0c@0/sd@1,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 0
selecting c0t0d0
[disk formatted]
Warning: Current Disk has mounted partitions.
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 is currently mounted on /. Please see umount(1M).
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 is currently mounted on /var. Please see umount(1M).
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 is currently used by swap. Please see swap(1M).
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5 is currently mounted on /opt. Please see umount(1M).
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s6 is currently mounted on /usr. Please see umount(1M).
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7 is currently mounted on /export/home. Please see umount(1M).
FORMAT MENU:
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
format> partition
PARTITION MENU:
0 - change `0' partition
1 - change `1' partition
2 - change `2' partition
3 - change `3' partition
4 - change `4' partition
5 - change `5' partition
6 - change `6' partition
7 - change `7' partition
select - select a predefined table
modify - modify a predefined partition table
name - name the current table
print - display the current table
label - write partition map and label to the disk
!<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return
quit
partition> print
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 30315 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 263 - 391 1011.91MB (129/0/0) 2072385
1 var wm 392 - 428 290.24MB (37/0/0) 594405
2 backup wm 0 - 30314 232.22GB (30315/0/0) 487010475
3 swap wu 1 - 262 2.01GB (262/0/0) 4209030
4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
5 unassigned wm 429 - 458 235.33MB (30/0/0) 481950
6 usr wm 459 - 1285 6.34GB (827/0/0) 13285755
7 home wm 1286 - 30314 222.37GB (29029/0/0) 466350885
8 boot wu 0 - 0 7.84MB (1/0/0) 16065
9 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
partition> quit
FORMAT MENU:
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
format> quit
bash-3.2# ftp
ftp> bye
bash-3.2# exit
exit
# exit
bash-3.2$ exit
exit
$ exit
Sathish