Hi, thank you for replying. I tried to set a label but I got this.
#format -e The device does not support mode page 3 or page 4, or the reported geometry info is invalid. WARNING: Disk geometry is based on capacity data. The current rpm value 0 is invalid, adjusting it to 3600 The device does not support mode page 3 or page 4, or the reported geometry info is invalid. WARNING: Disk geometry is based on capacity data. The current rpm value 0 is invalid, adjusting it to 3600 The device does not support mode page 3 or page 4, or the reported geometry info is invalid. WARNING: Disk geometry is based on capacity data. The current rpm value 0 is invalid, adjusting it to 3600 The device does not support mode page 3 or page 4, or the reported geometry info is invalid. WARNING: Disk geometry is based on capacity data. The current rpm value 0 is invalid, adjusting it to 3600 done c5t1d0: configured with capacity of 698.60GB c6t0d0: configured with capacity of 698.60GB c7t0d0: configured with capacity of 698.60GB c7t1d0: configured with capacity of 698.60GB AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c5t0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 30512 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63> /p...@0,0/pci1043,8...@5/d...@0,0 1. c5t1d0 <ATA-WDCWD7500AAKS-0-4G30 cyl 45598 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126> /p...@0,0/pci1043,8...@5/d...@1,0 2. c6t0d0 <ATA-WDCWD7500AAKS-0-4G30 cyl 45598 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126> /p...@0,0/pci1043,8...@5,1/d...@0,0 3. c6t1d0 <ATA-WDC WD7500AAKS-0-4G30-698.64GB> /p...@0,0/pci1043,8...@5,1/d...@1,0 4. c7t0d0 <ATA-WDCWD7500AAKS-0-4G30 cyl 45598 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126> /p...@0,0/pci1043,8...@5,2/d...@0,0 5. c7t1d0 <ATA-WDCWD7500AAKS-0-4G30 cyl 45598 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126> /p...@0,0/pci1043,8...@5,2/d...@1,0 Specify disk (enter its number): 1 selecting c5t1d0 [disk formatted] Disk not labeled. Label it now? y Warning: error setting drive geometry. Warning: error writing VTOC. Warning: no backup labels Write label failed Running fdisk on a disk that is unavailable will show no partition at all. format> fdisk No fdisk table exists. The default partition for the disk is: a 100% "SOLARIS System" partition Type "y" to accept the default partition, otherwise type "n" to edit the partition table. n Total disk size is 45600 cylinders Cylinder size is 32130 (512 byte) blocks Cylinders Partition Status Type Start End Length % ========= ====== ============ ===== === ====== === WARNING: no partitions are defined! Doing the same but on the healthy disk. format> fdisk Total disk size is 45600 cylinders Cylinder size is 32130 (512 byte) blocks Cylinders Partition Status Type Start End Length % ========= ====== ============ ===== === ====== === 1 EFI 0 45600 45601 100 Looks like the partition information is gone on four of the drives and without it there is no way to set a label? Creating a new partition will erase all information of the disk? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss