Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.
Invoke the format utility.
# format |
A numbered list of disks is displayed.
Type the number of the disk for which you want to display slice information.
Specify disk (enter its number):1 |
Select the partition menu.
format> partition |
Display the slice information for the selected disk.
partition> print |
Exit the format utility.
partition> q format> q # |
Verify the displayed slice information by identifying specific slice tags and slices.
If the screen output shows that no slice sizes are assigned, the disk probably does not have slices.
The following example displays slice information for a disk with a VTOC label.
# format Searching for disks...done Specify disk (enter its number):1 Selecting c0t0d0 format> partition partition> print Current partition table (original): Total disk cylinders available: 8892 + 2 (reserved cylinders) Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks 0 root wm 1110 - 4687 1.61GB (0/3578/0) 3381210 1 swap wu 0 - 1109 512.00MB (0/1110/0) 1048950 2 backup wm 0 - 8891 4.01GB (0/8892/0) 8402940 3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0 4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0 5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0 6 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0 7 home wm 4688 - 8891 1.89GB (0/4204/0) 3972780 partition> q format> q # |
For a detailed description of the slice information in these examples, see Chapter 10, Managing Disks (Overview).
The following example shows the slice information for a disk with an EFI label.
# format Searching for disks...done Specify disk (enter its number): 9 selecting c4t1d0 [disk formatted] format> partition partition> print Current partition table (original): partition> q format> q Part Tag Flag First Sector Size Last Sector 0 root wm 34 300.00GB 629145633 1 usr wm 629145634 300.00GB 1258291233 2 unassigned wm 0 0 0 3 unassigned wm 0 0 0 4 unassigned wm 0 0 0 5 unassigned wm 0 0 0 6 usr wm 1258291234 628.77GB 2576924637 8 reserved wm 2576924638 8.00MB 2576941021 |