<html><head><meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark"></head><body><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 113072-06
Keywords: partition format time progress Mutiterabyte disk support
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 113072-07 SunOS 5.9: patch /usr/sbin/format
Date: May/29/2003

Install Requirements: None                      
                      
Solaris Release: 9

SunOS Release: 5.9

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Topic: SunOS 5.9: patch /usr/sbin/format

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4334693 4622990 4670999 4689757 4716238 4726667 4766161 4777332 4781880 4785642 4791416 4826988

Changes incorporated in this version: 4777332 4826988

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/usr/sbin/format

Problem Description:

4777332 format seems really broken for EFI labels.
4826988 Partitioning slice using GB units rounds off to next lower number
 
(from 113072-05)
 
4781880 VTOC error: write a block that is out of range -  Fix in format.
4785642 format -f &lt;file&gt; results in segmentation fault
4791416 format utility shows cylinder information wrong on S9U3
 
(from 113072-04)
 
4766161 formatting EFI labels fails for some partitionings
 
(from 113072-03)
 
4716238 PSARC 2001/570 multi-terabyte disk support
4334693 format command fails when configuring A3x00 RAID 5, 19+1 w/ Seagate 72GB drives
4622990 Solaris should provide a complete UUID mechanism
4726667 format fails w/ DIOCTL_RWCMD: Bad address
 
(from 113072-02)
 
4689757 time remaining progress indicator is displayed improperly
 
(from 113072-01)
 
4670999 partitions in the partition table are not set to default values

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
 
For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or
the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic
'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch.
 
For Solaris 7-9 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions
on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.  The following example
installs a patch to a standalone machine:
 
       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02
 
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
 
       example# patchrm 104945-02
 
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages.

Special Install Instructions:
-----------------------------
 
NOTE:  To get the complete Multi-terabyte feature, please install the following
        patches:
 
        113277-06 (or newer) sd &amp; ssd patch
        114127-01 (or newer) abi_libefi.so.1 patch
        114128-01 (or newer) sd_lun patch
        114129-01 (or newer) libuuid patch
        114130-01 (or newer) liba5k.so.2 patch
        114131-01 (or newer) libadm.so.1 patch
        113981-02 (or newer) devfsadm patch
        114132-01 (or newer) fmthard patch
        114368-01 (or newer) luxadm patch
        114369-01 (or newer) prtvtoc patch

README -- Last modified date:  Tuesday, June 24, 2003

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