hello,

preparing a live upgrade to replace an existing disk (c1t0d0) with a new 
one (c1t2d0), got this:

nemo-root% /usr/sbin/prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2 |/usr/sbin/fmthard -s - 
/dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s2
Partition 0 not aligned on cylinder boundary: "       0      2    00 
    2880  12288960  12291839   /"

what's the meaning of this message? is it dangerous?

sun v40z, solaris 10 GA, installed from cdrom

tne new one isn't formatted, when i run format on this disk, it says:
"run fdisk first"
but fmthard isn't doing it?

what's the rule when adding a new disk? format->fdisk, then fmthard?

thanks in advance,

gerard

jdh13 wrote:
> what's the rule when adding a new disk? format->fdisk, then fmthard?

fdisk before anything else.
Then format, or fmthard if you prefer that over format.

   - Logan

Logan Shaw wrote:
> jdh13 wrote:
> 
>> what's the rule when adding a new disk? format->fdisk, then fmthard?
> 
> 
> fdisk before anything else.
> Then format, or fmthard if you prefer that over format.
> 
>   - Logan

thanks
done it fdisk, and now i got:
              Total disk size is 8924 cylinders
              Cylinder size is 16065 (512 byte) blocks

                                                Cylinders
       Partition   Status    Type          Start   End   Length    %
       =========   ======    ============  =====   ===   ======   ===
           1                 x86 Boot          1     8       8      0
           2       Active    Solaris2          9  8923    8915    100

but i got error again:
Partition 0 not aligned on cylinder boundary: "       0      2    00 
    2880  12288960  12291839   /"

and i notice there is trouble with partitions on new disk. Is it due to 
different CHS?
but this disks are the same sun disks, as found in this message:
c1t0d0           Soft Errors: 2 Hard Errors: 17 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: SEAGATE  Product: ST373307LC       Revision: 0007 Serial No:
Size: 73.41GB <73407868416 bytes>
Media Error: 17 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 1 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0

c1t2d0           Soft Errors: 2 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: SEAGATE  Product: ST373207LC       Revision: 0002 Serial No:
Size: 73.41GB <73407868416 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 2 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0


% prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2
* /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2 partition map
*
* Dimensions:
*     512 bytes/sector
*     720 sectors/track
*       4 tracks/cylinder
*    2880 sectors/cylinder
*   49773 cylinders
*   49771 accessible cylinders
*
* Flags:
*   1: unmountable
*  10: read-only
*
*                          First     Sector    Last
* Partition  Tag  Flags    Sector     Count    Sector  Mount Directory
        0      2    00       2880  12288960  12291839   /
        1      3    01   12291840   1843200  14135039
        2      5    00          0 143340480 143340479
        3      0    00   14135040     48960  14183999
        7      8    00   14184000 129156480 143340479   /local
        8      1    01          0      2880      2879

% prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s2
* /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s2 partition map
*
* Dimensions:
*     512 bytes/sector
*      63 sectors/track
*     255 tracks/cylinder
*   16065 sectors/cylinder
*    8915 cylinders
*    8913 accessible cylinders
*
* Flags:
*   1: unmountable
*  10: read-only
*
*                          First     Sector    Last
* Partition  Tag  Flags    Sector     Count    Sector  Mount Directory
        2      5    01          0 143187345 143187344
        6      0    00      16065 143171280 143187344
        8      1    01          0     16065     16064