I am having problems formating EMC disks (Model 9 equiv.). I never get the prompt back when the format is complete (or is it not complete.), Any ideas why this is happening? . Below is the output of the command:
zlinux4:~ # dasdfmt -v -p -b 4096 -f /dev/dasdi Retrieving disk geometry... Drive Geometry: 10017 Cylinders * 15 Heads = 150255 Tracks I am going to format the device /dev/dasdi in the following way: Device number of device : 0x225 Major number of device : 94 Minor number of device : 32 Labelling device : yes Disk label : VOL1 Disk identifier : 0X0225 Extent start (trk no) : 0 Extent end (trk no) : 150254 Compatible Disk Layout : yes Blocksize : 4096 --->> ATTENTION! <<--- All data in the specified range of that device will be lost. Type "yes" to continue, no will leave the disk untouched: yes Formatting the device. This may take a while (get yourself a coffee). Detaching the device... Invalidate first track... cyl 10017 of 10017 |##################################################| 100% formatting tracks complete... Revalidate first track... Reaccessing the device.. . Finished formatting the device. Retrieving dasd information... done Writing empty bootstrap... Writing label... Writing VTOC... done Thanks __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com
