Daniel Rock wrote:
> In comp.sys.sun.admin David Kirkby <david.kirkby@onetel.net> wrote:
> Try the following:
>
> Start format with the -e option
>
> format -e
>
> select your disk, then relabel
>
> label
>
> choose "Auto configuration via generic SCSI-2"
That was not an option - the options are:
format> label
[0] SMI Label
[1] EFI Label
Specify Label type[0]:
> Does it still show up as 18GB disk? If yes, go to the scsi menu
Can't tell at that point (I tried 0 and 1). I should add I am doing this
on the boot disk, there is no other boot disk and I am 100 miles from
the machine (the machine is located at a friend's house).
> scsi
>
> and do an inquiry
>
> inquiry
Interesting.
>
> The output from the inquiry command should enlighten what model is really
> used.
>
> BTW the "SUN18G" is just a magic string in the inquiry to "beautify" the
> VTOC and make the real vendor invisible.
>
Thanks for that.
"inquiry" that indicates it is 36 GB - see below. So the sticky label on
the disk is correct and the "SUN18G" shown by format is incorrect. But
how do I get access to the remaining 18 GB of disk space?
I expect it asking too much to get it without reinstalling Solaris? If
so, it might be less hassle to waste 18 GB. That said, if it is
recoverable, it might be worth a try, as only Solaris has been put on it
- no data, apart from gcc from Sunfreeware.
Any idea how this might have happened? The Sun had two identical disks
in it, which were mirrored I think.
Inquiry:
00 00 04 02 29 00 01 3a 46 55 4a 49 54 53 55 20 ....)..:FUJITSU
4d 41 50 33 33 36 37 4e 20 53 55 4e 33 36 47 20 MAP3367N SUN36G
30 33 30 31 30 33 32 38 4e 30 33 48 59 57 03010328N03HYW
Vendor: FUJITSU
Product: MAP3367N SUN36G
Revision: 0301
Removable media: no
Device type: 0
ISO version: 0
ECMA version: 0
ANSI version: 4
Async event notification: no
Terminate i/o process msg: no
Response data format: 2
Additional length: 41
Relative addressing: no
32 bit transfers: no
16 bit transfers: yes
Synchronous transfers: yes
Linked commands: yes
Command queueing: yes
Soft reset option: no
scsi>
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