Specifications

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Operation
Field Service Handbook for SGI
Formatting and Labeling a System Disk Drive
To format the disk drive:
1. Boot fx (see page 3-13 for procedures for booting fx).
2. At the extended mode prompt, enter y.
3. At the device name, controller #, and drive # prompts, select the appropriate
4. To select the format commaud from the fx main menu, at the fx> prompt, enterf.
ValUeS.
The system
will prompt you for which drive parameters to use.
No& When formatting an unformatted drive, use the default drive parameters.
5. To select the current (default) parameters, press cRetarn>.
The system displays the prompt, "about to destroy da&..ok?"
6. To format the disk drive, at the "...ok" prompt, enteryes.
The system
formats the disk drive. When formatting is complete, system returns
to fx main menu. After formatting, label the disk drive.
To Iabel the disk drive:
1. From e fx main menu, at the fx> prompt, enterL
2. To crcate a label, at the Mabel prompt, enmc
3. To create a complete label, at the WlabeYcreate prompt, entera
The system czc8tes the new label.
4. To go back up to the label menu, at the fx/labeYcreate prompt, type.. and pnss
5. To write (sync) the new label to the volume header of the disk drive, at the
Mabel> prompt, enter sy.
The system writes the label to the disk drive and displays the message,
<Rctarn>.
wring label info to dksc(O.1, )"
6. To exit fs at the fxhbeb prompt, enter Jexit.
. The system returns to the System Maintenance Menu.
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