The following example shows the format utility being used to divide a 18-Gbyte disk into one slice for the /export/home file system.
# format /dev/rdsk/c1* AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248> /sbus@2,0/QLGC,isp@2,10000/sd@0,0 1. /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248> /sbus@2,0/QLGC,isp@2,10000/sd@1,0 2. /dev/rdsk/c1t8d0s0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248> /sbus@2,0/QLGC,isp@2,10000/sd@8,0 3. /dev/rdsk/c1t9d0s0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248> /sbus@2,0/QLGC,isp@2,10000/sd@9,0 Specify disk (enter its number): 1 selecting c1t1d0 [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 - 7505 16.86GB (7506/0/0) 35368272 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 - 7505 16.86GB (7506/0/0) 35368272 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 - 7505 16.86GB (7506/0/0) 35368272 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 # |
The following example shows how to use the format utility to divide a 1.15 terabyte disk with an EFI label into 3 slices.
# format . . . partition> modify Select partitioning base: 0. Current partition table (original) 1. All Free Hog Choose base (enter number) [0]? 1 Part Tag Flag First Sector Size Last Sector 0 root wm 0 0 0 1 usr wm 0 0 0 2 unassigned wm 0 0 0 3 unassigned wm 0 0 0 4 unassigned wm 0 0 0 5 unassigned wm 0 0 0 6 usr wm 0 0 0 8 reserved wm 2576924638 8.00MB 2576941021 Do you wish to continue creating a new partition table based on above table[yes]? y Free Hog partition[6]? 4 Enter size of partition 0 [0b, 34e, 0mb, 0gb, 0tb]: Enter size of partition 1 [0b, 34e, 0mb, 0gb, 0tb]: Enter size of partition 2 [0b, 34e, 0mb, 0gb, 0tb]: 400gb Enter size of partition 3 [0b, 838860834e, 0mb, 0gb, 0tb]: 400gb Enter size of partition 5 [0b, 1677721634e, 0mb, 0gb, 0tb]: Enter size of partition 6 [0b, 1677721634e, 0mb, 0gb, 0tb]: Part Tag Flag First Sector Size Last Sector 0 unassigned wm 0 0 0 1 unassigned wm 0 0 0 2 usr wm 34 400.00GB 838860833 3 usr wm 838860834 400.00GB 1677721633 4 usr wm 1677721634 428.77GB 2576924637 5 unassigned wm 0 0 0 6 unassigned wm 0 0 0 8 reserved wm 2576924638 8.00MB 2576941021 Ready to label disk, continue? yes partition> q |