On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:52:28 -0700 (PDT) Marek <marwooj at wp.pl> wrote:
> hi I have some problems here > format -e c7d1 > selecting c7d1 > Controller working list found > [disk formatted, defect list found] > format> label > WARNING - This disk may be in use by an application that has > modified the fdisk table. Ensure that this disk is > not currently in use before proceeding to use fdisk. > > root at solaris:~# prtvtoc /dev/dsk/c7d0s0 | fmthard -s - /dev/dsk/c7d1s0 > fmthard: /dev/dsk/c7d1s0 must be a raw device. > > What is wrong? You didn't specify the raw device, you specified the block device. Try this instead: # prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c7d0s0 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c7d1s0 ^ ^ James C. McPherson -- Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris Sun Microsystems http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog Kernel Conference Australia - http://au.sun.com/sunnews/events/2009/kernel