William Schumann wrote: > Jens, Sundar, > > The complexity of formatting file systems depends upon the type of file > system. > > It appears that formatting DOS partitions would be fairly easy. Target > Instantiation could receive a list of partitions and mkfs(1M) could be > launched to format and perhaps label them. Other DOS formatting options > in mkfs are listed in the man page for mkfs_pcfs(1M). Formatting seems > to be quick, even for a large partition. > > Given mount points, the partitions could be added to vfstab for > automatic mounting, perhaps as an Install Completion Task, which would > need to receive the list somehow. > > Jens, what additional formatting are you looking for? What file systems?
Initially - just DOS based filesystems (FAT32). In fact that's probably the only possibility. --Jens > > William > Sundar Yamunachari wrote: >> William, >> How much effort is involved in formatting some of the partition >> types. I think Jens is looking for complete working Diagnostic partition? >> >> Thanks, >> Sundar >> >> Jens Deppe wrote: >>> This is a fix which has been highlighted as a need for manufacturing >>> preinstalling OpenSolaris. Would it not make sense to add the >>> capability to also optionally format the partition or does that >>> require a separate CR? >>> >>> Having this fix is 50% of the way for us as we'd still need to be >>> able to format via post-install scripting. >>> >>> --Jens >>> >>> William Schumann wrote: >>>> New Automated Installer code allows creating partitions of different >>>> types. >>>> >>>> Place partition type value in element "partition_type". >>>> >>>> Allows "FAT32", "DOS16", "SOLARIS", "OPENSOLARIS" or any numeric >>>> type specified in fdisk.h >>>> >>>> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~wmsch/bug-6584/ >>>> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=6584 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >>> _______________________________________________ >>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >>
