On Mar 20, 7:51 am, Liam Greenwood <l...@nessie.xinqu.net> wrote:
> On 18 Mar 2007 14:13:40 -0700, r_dirosa...@yahoo.com
>
> <r_dirosa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > How do I use Solaris to write a Sun disk label on a non-Sun disk?
>
> > I have a Sun Blade 1000 I got from ebay without a disk, and a Seagate
> > ST336704FCV FC disk. In the past I would boot NetBSD or OpenBSD
> > or put the disk in a NetBSD or OpenBSD system and use that to write
> > a Sun disk label. But this is the only system I have at home with a
> > FC disk
> > interface, and I can't get NetBSD or OpenBSD to boot on this system,
> > so
> > I need to use Solaris.
>
> Try using format -e from a Solaris 10 boot. When you go to label
> the disk it will give you the option of either SMI or EFI. Choose
> SMI.
>
> Cheers, Liam

> Try using format -e from a Solaris 10 boot. When you go to label
> the disk it will give you the option of either SMI or EFI. Choose
> SMI.
That fixed the problem.
Thanks
Robert