Solved: Solaris 9 Format Problem

#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 12:32 PM

For anyone who runs into this problem in the future:

I solved this problem by running format -> analyze -> refresh. This
didn't report any disk errors, but it labelling worked fine after this
point.

The problem is reproduced below:

Kertis Henderson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Sun newbie here.
>
> I have a SparcStation 20 with an HDD that's too small to install Solaris
> 9 to. I just got an IBM 9.1 GB drive that is detected, but I can't
> install Solaris to it. I've read on Usenet that the problem that I'm
> having can be resolved by labelling the disk.
>
> I boot into single-user mode, then run format. I choose the drive (#0),
> then it asks for a type. I choose Autodetect (#0) and it asks to format
> the drive to 512-byte blocks. This takes a while, but it works. Then,
> I try to label:
>
>
> partition> label
> Ready to label disk, continue? y
>
> Warning: error writing VTOC.
> Label failed.
> partition>
>
>
> I don't know what to do at this point. Does anybody have any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> FYI, partition print:
>
> Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
> 0 root wm 0 - 119 128.32MB (120/0/0) 262800
> 1 swap wu 120 - 239 128.32MB (120/0/0) 262800
> 2 backup wu 0 - 8149 8.51GB (8150/0/0) 17848500
> 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 240 - 8149 8.26GB (7910/0/0) 17322900
> 7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
>
>
> current:
>
> Current Disk = c0t3d0
> <IBM-DGHS09YCLAR09-1A1A cyl 8150 alt 2 hd 10 sec 219>
> /iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@3,0
>
>
> inquiry:
>
> Vendor: IBM
> Product: DGHS09Y CLAR09
> Revision: 1A1A
>
>
>

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