How to Label a Disk

1. Become superuser.

2. Enter the format utility.

   # format

3. Enter the number of the disk that you want to label from the list displayed on your screen.

   Specify disk (enter its number):1

4. Use the table below to determine how to label the disk.

   If the Disk Is Unlabeled and Was Successfully Configured ...	If the Disk Was Labeled and You Want to Change the Type, or Format Was Not Able to Automatically Configure the Disk ...
   Format will ask if you want to label the disk. Go to step 5 to label the disk.	You must specify the disk type. Go to steps 6-7 to set the disk type and label the disk.

5. Label the disk by typing y at the Label it now? prompt.

   Disk not labeled. Label it now? y

   The disk is now labeled. Go to step 10 to exit the format utility.

6. Enter type at the format> prompt.

   format> type

   Format displays the Available Drive Types menu.

7. Select a disk type from the list of possible disk types.

   Specify disk type (enter its number)[8]: 8

8. Label the disk. If the disk is not labeled, the following message is displayed.

   Disk not labeled. Label it now? y

   Otherwise you are prompted with this message:

   Ready to label disk, continue? y

9. Use the verify command from the format main menu to verify the disk label.

   format> verify

10. Exit the format utility by typing q at the format> prompt.

    partition> q format> q #

Example--Labeling a Disk

The following example automatically configures and labels a 424-Mbyte disk.

# format
	c1t0d0: configured with capacity of 404.65MB
 
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
		   0. c0t3d0 <SUN0424 cyl 1151 alt 2 hd 9 sec 80>
        /sbus@1,f8000000/esp@0,800000/sd@3,0
		   1. c1t0d0 <SUN0424 cyl 1151 alt 2 hd 9 sec 80>
			     /sbus@1,f8000000/QLGC,isp@1,10000/sd@0,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 1
Disk not labeled.  Label it now?  yes
format> verify
#