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System Administration Guide, Volume 1

SPARC: Example--Creating Disk Slices and Labeling a Secondary Disk

The following example uses the format utility to divide a 1-Gbyte disk into one slice for the /export/home file system.


# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
   0. c0t1d0 <SUN1.05 cyl 2036 alt 2 hd 14 sec 72>
      /iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@1,0
   1. c0t3d0 <SUN1.05 cyl 2036 alt 2 hd 14 sec 72>
      /iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@3,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 0
selecting c0t1d0
[disk formatted]
format> partition
partition> print
partition> modify
Select partitioning base:
	0. Current partition table (original)
	1. All Free Hog
Choose base (enter number) [0]? 1
 
Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders        Size            Blocks
  0       root    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  1       swap    wu       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  2     backup    wu       0 - 2035     1002.09MB    (2036/0/0) 2052288
  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        usr    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  7 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
Do you wish to continue creating a new partition
table based on above table[yes]? y
Free Hog partition[6]? 7
Enter size of partition '0' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]: 
Enter size of partition '1' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]: 
Enter size of partition '3' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]: 
Enter size of partition '4' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]: 
Enter size of partition '5' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]: 
Enter size of partition '6' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]:
 Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders        Size            Blocks
  0       root    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  1       swap    wu       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  2     backup    wu       0 - 2035     1002.09MB    (2036/0/0) 2052288
  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        usr    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  7 unassigned    wm       0 - 2035     1002.09MB    (2036/0/0) 2052288 
Okay to make this the current partition table[yes]? yes
Enter table name (remember quotes): "home"
Ready to label disk, continue? y
partition> q
format> verify
format> q
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