Hm... USB + 'drive may be in use'; it might have attempted to auto mount the drive. I remember seeing some similar messages when trying to add a large USB thumb drive as a mirror to an rpool once.
Does 'rmformat' see the device? -Lucas Van Tol > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:35:28 -0700 > From: pulask...@yahoo.com > To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Unable to label 3 TB USB disk on 151a7 > > I just got a 3 TB Toshiba USB disk to use for backups for Sol 10 & OI. BIG > mistake! > > 4k sectors. > > sol 10 u8 kernel panics when the disk is selected in format(1m). At least > selecting the replacement 3 TB Hitachi SATA drive just crashed format. > > OI 151a7 can select the drive, but won't write a label to the drive. > > I get a spurious "warning drive may be in use" message for most operations in > format. The only way I can even attempt to label the drive is via > format->type but that fails w/ a message about writing geometry. > > I had been under the impression that large USB drives were usable w/ OI, but > clearly "actual mileage may vary". > > Any suggestions? At this point I'm accumulating a pretty high end Linux box > from pieces Solaris & OpenIndiana can't use. > > Reg > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
