How to Determine If a Disk is Formatted

1. Become superuser.

2. Enter the format utility.

   # format

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

   Specify disk (enter its number): 0

4. Verify that the disk you chose is formatted by identifying the following message.

   [disk formatted]

Example--Determining If a Disk Is Formatted

The following example shows that disk c0t3d0 is formatted.

# format
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]