System Administration Guide, Volume I

How to Place a UFS File System on a PCMCIA Memory Card

Even though the procedure for adding a UFS file system is the same for UFS PCMCIA memory cards formatted on x86 platforms and SPARC platforms, a UFS PCMCIA memory card formatted on a SPARC platform can only be used on another SPARC platform, and a UFS PCMCIA memory card formatted on an x86 platform can only be used on an x86 platform running Solaris.

Format the PCMCIA memory card for a UFS file system.

Use the procedure "How to Format a UFS PCMCIA Memory Card".

Use the newfs(1M) command and the full pathname to the Volume Management directory to create a UFS file system on the PCMCIA memory card.
$ /usr/sbin/newfs -v /vol/dev/aliases/pcmem0
-v

Prints status messages.

/vol/dev/aliases/pcmem0

Indicates the location of the memory card.

The newfs(1M) command displays a message asking you to confirm the creation of the file system.

Confirm the creation of the file system.

newfs: construct a new file system  \
 
       /vol/dev/aliases/pcmem0:(y/n)? y

A status message is displayed, indicating the particulars of the file system and the PCMCIA memory card's formatting:

mkfs -F ufs /vol/dev/aliases/pcmem0 2848 8 2 8192 1024 16 \
 
    10 60 2048 t 0 -1 8 -1
 
/vol/dev/aliases/pcmem0:  2848 sectors in 128 cylinders of \
 
    2 tracks, 8 sectors
 
1.0MB in 8 cyl groups (16 c/g, 0.12MB/g, 64 i/g)
 
super-block backups (for fsck -F ufs -o b=#) at:
 
    32, 304, 544, 816, 1056, 1328, 1568, 1840

The PCMCIA memory card is now ready to be used on a SPARC platform. However, before Volume Management recognizes the memory card, you must use the volrmmount(1) command as described in the following step.

Use the volrmmount command with the -i option to notify Volume Management that the memory card is inserted.
$ volrmmount -i pcmem0
The PCMCIA memory card should now be mounted under /pcmem/pcmem0.

Verify the UFS file system is on the PCMCIA card by using the ls command on the /pcmem directory.

If the pcmem0 subdirectory appears, the PCMCIA memory card has a UFS file system and has been mounted properly.
$ ls /pcmem pcmem0

Example--Placing a UFS File System on a PCMCIA Memory Card

$ volcheck -v
media was found
$ /usr/sbin/newfs -v /vol/dev/aliases/pcmem0
newfs: construct a new file system  \
 
       /vol/dev/aliases/pcmem0:(y/n)? y
mkfs -F ufs /vol/dev/aliases/pcmem0 ...
 
$ volrmmount -i pcmem0
 
media was found

`-v`	Prints status messages.
`/vol/dev/aliases/pcmem0`	Indicates the location of the memory card.