Solaris 10 install unformatted disk
I installed a Linux distro on a solaris box, now I want to go back to solaris (the I/O benchmarks on linux were very disappointing, but I guess something to be expected after reading around).
Hardware: Sunfire v240
Installing OS: Solaris 10
Interface: ALOM/console
I end up getting through the installer and I see an error message: A hard drive was detected, however there was a hardware error or the disk was unformatted. then after hitting F2, it spits me in a shell. I run 'format' which shows one disk available (which is weird, I have two stuck in, and I'm pretty sure they're not raided, but we'll leave that for another question. One step at a time). I selected the disk, ran 'format' and let that run for hours and then tried to install with the same error.
Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Thanks,
James
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jharra] at [2007-11-26 14:52:48]
# 2
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5109840
.... boot from CD
open an additional terminal window
use format to label your disk(s)
.... start the installation all over again, and it'll find usable disks.
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/submitted/format_utility.html
# 3
Thanks for your reply:
I have formatted my disk using the link you provided and below is the how the partition looks:
Part Tag Flag First Sector Size Last Sector
0 root wm 35 4.00GB 8388642
1 swap wm 8388643 8.00GB 25165858
2 unassigned wm 0 0 0
3 usr wm 25165859 55.00GB 140509218
4 unassigned wm 0 0 0
5 unassigned wm 0 0 0
6 unassigned wm 0 0 0
8 reserved wm 143358320 8.00MB 143374703
But still I have the same output saying harware failure or unformatted disk :(
Can you please advise if I have gone worng?
Message was edited by:
Haasini
# 4
The disk appears to be in "EFI" format.
Do a "boot -s" from the CD and use "format -e" and select SMI as your option. Then do the partition command and you should see slices 0-7 (slice 2 being labeled "backup") instead of what you posted. At this point do a "label" and answer "yes" and select SMI as the option again.
You should good.
Regards,
