Task |
Description |
For Instructions |
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Identify the disks on a system. |
If you are not sure of the types of disks on a system, use the format utility to identify the disk types. | |
Format the disk. |
Determine whether a disk is already formatted by using the format utility. | |
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In most cases, disks are already formatted. Use the format utility if you need to format a disk. | |
Display slice information. |
Display slice information by using the format utility. | |
Label the disk. |
Create the disk label by using the format utility. | |
Examine the disk label. |
Examine the disk label by using the prtvtoc command. | |
Recover a corrupted disk label. |
You can attempt to recover a disk label that was damaged due to a system or power failure. | |
Create a format.dat entry. |
Create a format.dat entry to support a third-party disk. | |
Automatically configure a SCSI disk. |
You can automatically configure a SCSI disk with the SCSI-2 specification for disk device mode sense pages even if the specific drive type is not listed in the /etc/format.dat file. | |
Identify a defective disk sector. |
Identify a defective disk sector by using the format utility. |
How to Identify a Defective Sector by Using Surface Analysis |
If necessary, fix a defective disk sector. |
Fix a defective disk sector by using the format utility. |