How Do i Make a new FileSYSTEM in Solaris 2.6

[Jonathan777]

Need to make a NewFS without using and volume manager.

Tks

-Jon

 

[ase2dais]

the basic way I do newfs on my system is...

1. format and partition the drive accordlingly using the format command.

#format <enter>

.. select which drive you will partition and format. it standard cases, select 0. (normal boot and system drive)

2. after you saved and format each of your partitions

3. goto the unix prompt a type newfs /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s0

4. and option of -y, doesnt hurt saying yes to any prompts.

but makeyour you understand what your devices aliases are..
ie. c0t3d0s0, c-controller, t-arget, d-isk, s-lice.

 

[Jonathan777]

I do not what to format or re-partition any new drives.
The system is already has all disks formated and in volumes.
ALL I want to do is add a newfs to an existing raw device.
Everytime I try to do &quot;newfs /dev/rdsk/??/??????
the system responds with .....FILE SYSTEMS BUSY.

I want to avoid using the format utility if I can to create a newFS.
Please advice me.

Thanks,

Jon

 

[Soladm]

Using the format command will allow you to
see the unused disk space(if any) that you
have available to you for a new fs. Once
you set the free space up with format you
will know the specific device(/dev/rdsk/cxdxsx) to use. Then use
the newfs /dev/rdsk/cxdxsx to create it.

 

[Soladm]

Using the format command will allow you to
see the unused disk space(if any) that you
have available to you for a new fs. Once
you set the free space up with format you
will know the specific device(/dev/rdsk/cxdxsx) to use. Then use
the newfs /dev/rdsk/cxdxsx to create it.


Good Luck!