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How to Modify Partitions and Create a PCFS File System on a USB Mass Storage Device

The following steps describe how to delete an existing partition, create a new partition, and then create a PCFS file system on the USB device. Make sure you backup any data before you perform this task.

Become superuser.

Start the fdisk utility.

For example:
# fdisk /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0p0

Delete the partition by selecting option 3.

For example:

      Total disk size is 29 cylinders
             Cylinder size is 2048 (512 byte) blocks

                                               Cylinders
      Partition   Status    Type          Start   End   Length    %
      =========   ======    ============  =====   ===   ======   ===
          1       Active    Solaris2          1    28      28     97

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: 3

Choose the partition number to delete.

For example:

      Total disk size is 29 cylinders
             Cylinder size is 2048 (512 byte) blocks

                                               Cylinders
      Partition   Status    Type          Start   End   Length    %
      =========   ======    ============  =====   ===   ======   ===
          1       Active    Solaris2          1    28      28     97

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)
Specify the partition number to delete (or enter 0 to exit): 1

Partition deleted.

Create a partition.

For example:

      Total disk size is 29 cylinders
             Cylinder size is 2048 (512 byte) blocks

                                               Cylinders
      Partition   Status    Type          Start   End   Length    %
      =========   ======    ============  =====   ===   ======   ===

WARNING: no partitions are defined!

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 FAT32 partition type.

      Total disk size is 29 cylinders
             Cylinder size is 2048 (512 byte) blocks

                                               Cylinders
      Partition   Status    Type          Start   End   Length    %
      =========   ======    ============  =====   ===   ======   ===

WARNING: no partitions are defined!

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)
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? c

Specify the percentage of disk to use for this partition.

       Total disk size is 29 cylinders
              Cylinder size is 2048 (512 byte) blocks

                                               Cylinders
      Partition   Status    Type          Start   End   Length    %
      =========   ======    ============  =====   ===   ======   ===

WARNING: no partitions are defined!

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)
Select the partition type to create:
Specify the percentage of disk to use for this partition (or type "c" to 
specify the size in cylinders). 100

Select whether the new partition should be the active partition or an inactive partition.

              Total disk size is 29 cylinders
              Cylinder size is 2048 (512 byte) blocks

                                               Cylinders
      Partition   Status    Type          Start   End   Length    %
      =========   ======    ============  =====   ===   ======   ===

WARNING: no partitions are defined!

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)
Select the partition type to create:
Should this become the active partition? If yes, it  will be activated 
each time the computer is reset or turned on.
Please type "y" or "n". n

Update the disk configuration and exit.

      Total disk size is 29 cylinders
             Cylinder size is 2048 (512 byte) blocks

                                               Cylinders
      Partition   Status    Type          Start   End   Length    %
      =========   ======    ============  =====   ===   ======   ===
          1                 Win95 FAT32       1    28      28     97

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: 5

Create the PCFS file system on this partition.

Make sure the device is unmounted before creating the new file system. For more information about unmounting a USB device, see How to Mount or Unmount a USB Mass Storage Device.

For example:
# mkfs -F pcfs -o fat=32 /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0p0:c Construct a new FAT file system on /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0p0:c: (y/n)? y