[SunHELP] Sun Disk label

[sunhelp at sunhelp.org]

Hello,

Yeah, it's so much easier to do it in a sun box... You just boot to single
user
mode using a Solaris CD, and then type 'format'. It'll ask you which disk you
want to use, and when you select it, it'll say "This disk has no label. Label
it
now? [Y/n]".

Simple :-)

HTH,
Hobbs.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org
> [mailto:sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org] On Behalf Of Phil Stracchino
> Sent: 16 July 2003 04:15
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Sun Disk label
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:53:05PM -0500, Tige D. Chastain wrote:
> > I need to format several drives that have never had a
> > disk image on them to have a Sun Disk label on it.
> >
> > Is it possible to do this from a floppy boot (i.e.
> > linux on floppy with format)?
>
> It's easier to do it with a Sun box.  I've done it before,
> but don't remember off the top of my head how.  I'm pretty
> sure I just used format; it's documented as being able to
> create a Sun disklabel on an unlabelled disk, iirc.
>
> (I seem to be developing a bad habit lately of forgetting
> technical  details that I used to know.  Last tiem it was ndd
> that I blanked on,  and I think it cost me a job interview.)
>
>
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