System Administration Guide, Volume 1

Chapter 27 Managing Disks Topics

This section provides instructions for managing disks in the Solaris environment. This section contains these chapters.

Chapter 28, Disk Management (Overview)	Provides an overview of Solaris disk slices and an introduction to the `format` utility.
Chapter 29, Administering Disks (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for formatting a disk, examining disk labels, and repairing a defective disk sector.
Chapter 30, SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for adding a disk to a SPARC based system.
Chapter 31, IA: Adding a Disk (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for adding a disk to an IA based system.
Chapter 32, The `format` Utility (Reference)	Provides a description of the `format` utility's menu and commands. This chapter also includes information about the `format.dat` file, rules for providing input to `format` commands, and instructions on using the help facility.