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List:       opensolaris-ufs-discuss
Subject:    Re: [ufs-discuss] Converting an EFI labeled disk to SMI on SUN Solaris
From:       "Frank Batschulat (Home)" <Frank.Batschulat () Sun ! COM>
Date:       2007-05-27 6:35:28
Message-ID: op.tsy29enl046apg () opteron
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On Sat, 26 May 2007 19:03:59 +0200, Hector De Jesus <hec1979@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for your prompt response my concerns with the "format -e " command
> as a means to change the label came from the following document,
> http://docs.sun.com/source/819-6562-13/chapter4.html#64207. Where it
> cautions that you should not attempt to convert and EFI label to SMI using
> format, but I guess this is just Intel specific.  Again thanks very much for

Yes, this is x86 specific, the X4500 aka. thumper is an amd64 box.

hth
frankB

> your help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hector De Jesus
>
> On 5/26/07, Frank Batschulat (Home) <Frank.Batschulat@sun.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hector De Jesus wrote:
>> > I would like to know the proper way to convert a disk labeled EFI to
>> SMI.  I have looked at some documentation and they state not to use format
>> -e to convert the label, but to use fdisk.
>> >
>> > However fdsik seems to only work on Solaris for intel x86 and not sparc.
>> due to the lack of any devices with p0 extension in /dev/dsk/directory.
>> >
>> > The usage for fdisk is "fdisk /dev/rdsk/"device"p0 or whatever partition
>> is being modified to change the label.
>> >
>> > Are there any concerns that I should be aware of on sparc? Any help or
>> supporting documentation would be great.
>> >
>> the proper way to do this on sparc is indeed format -e
>> and then to write an SMI label.
>>
>> ---
>> frankB
>>
>


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