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Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) 6/00 Release Notes Update

sd Driver May Not Detect New fdisk Partition Table Information (4304790)

If you attempt to reformat a Zip or Jaz disk and change the disk file system from a PC file system (like PCFS) to a UNIX file system (like UFS or UDFS), you may receive the following error message: 


No Solaris Partition, eject and retry: I/O Error
In this instance, the IA sd driver does not detect that you changed the fdisk partition table. The driver refers to the old fdisk partition table, rather than the new fdisk partition table.

Workaround: If you receive the error message listed above, follow these steps to resynchronize the sd driver with the disk contents:

  1. Manually eject the Zip or Jaz disk from the drive.

  2. Reinsert the Zip or Jaz disk into the drive.

  3. Format the Zip or Jaz disk, using the same format command you used previously to format the disk.