How to Create a File System on Removable Media

1. (Optional) If necessary, format the media.
2. (Optional) Create an alternate Solaris partition table.

   $ rmformat -s slice-file device-name

   A sample slice file appears similar to the following:

   slices: 0 = 0, 30MB, "wm", "home" :
   1 = 30MB, 51MB :
   2 = 0, 94MB, "wm", "backup" :
   6 = 81MB, 13MB

3. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .

4. Determine the appropriate file system type and select one of the following:

   # mkfs -F FS-type -o FS-type-specific-options device

   where FS-type-specific-options refers to options that are specific to the file system type you are creating.

   The following example creates a PCFS file system.

   # mkfs -F pcfs -o nofdisk,size=9800 /dev/rdsk/c11t0d0p0

   The following example create a UDFS file system.

   # mkfs -F udfs /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0p0