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List:       opensolaris-bugs
Subject:    [osol-bugs] Can't change slices with format(1M) if there are
From:       eric.schrock () sun ! com (Eric Schrock)
Date:       2005-12-15 10:54:58
Message-ID: 20051215185455.GF16669 () eng ! sun ! com
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On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 11:00:04AM +0100, Robert Milkowski wrote:
> Hello Eric,
> 
>   Great! And what about format(1M)? I think that label -f should be
>   provided. (ok, probably I should issue RFE - I'll via Open Solaris).
> 

Well, the way format(1M) and the other tools have been designed is that
they only refuse if there is _really_ something that cannot be fixed
except by hand.  For example, you can't format a currently mounted
filesystem, no matter what.  So there isn't really a need for a '-f'
flag for these utilities.

zpool(1M), being a new utility, is able to be a little more cautious
about what it lets you do by default.

- Eric

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Eric Schrock, Solaris Kernel Development       http://blogs.sun.com/eschrock

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