Setting Up a Disk Drive

You're adding a second hard disk to the built-in SCSI adapter, but the same logic applies to adding external disk.

  1. Shut down the system.
  2. Check that the address switch for the disk drive has been correctly set.
  3. Install the disk drive.
  4. Turn the power on.
  5. Stop + A
  6. boot -r
  7. # format
  8. Select 1 with c0t1do.
  9. Yes to Label it now?
  10. format> format
  11. format> partition
  12. partition> modify
  13. Select parition scheme.
  14. Do you wish .... on above talbes[yes]?, if you want to change the size of any partitions.
  15. Yes to Free Hog Partition[6]?. Use any one of 7, except 2.
  16. partition> label
  17. Quit format.
  18. # newfs /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0
  19. Yes to newfs: construct a new file system /dev/rdsk/cxtxdxsx (y/n)?
  20. # vi /etc/vfstab
  21. /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0 /mnt_dir ufs - yes -
  22. # mkdir /mnt_dir
  23. # mount /mnt_dir
  24. # df -k to check the result.

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