[Illumos-team] [OpenIndiana Distribution - Bug #3610] format does not work properly

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Issue #3610 has been updated by Ken Mays.

Assignee set to OI illumos


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Bug #3610: format does not work properly
https://www.illumos.org/issues/3610

Author: Georgios Papadopoulos
Status: New
Priority: Normal
Assignee: OI illumos
Category: OS/Net (Kernel and Userland)
Target version: 
Difficulty: Medium
Tags: needs-triage


It seems that the format command/utility does not work properly on OI_151a7. Indeed:

@
# format
Searching for disks...done


AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c4t0d0 <ATA-Hitachi HTS54252-C33P-232.89GB>
          /pci at 0,0/pci1002,4391 at 11/disk at 0,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 0
selecting c4t0d0
[disk formatted]


FORMAT MENU:
        disk       - select a disk
        type       - select (define) a disk type
        partition  - select (define) a partition table
        current    - describe the current disk
        format     - format and analyze the disk
        fdisk      - run the fdisk program
        repair     - repair a defective sector
        label      - write label to the disk
        analyze    - surface analysis
        defect     - defect list management
        backup     - search for backup labels
        verify     - read and display labels
        inquiry    - show vendor, product and revision
        volname    - set 8-character volume name
        !<cmd>     - execute <cmd>, then return
        quit
format> format
The protection information is not enabled
The disk will be formatted with protection type 0
Ready to format.  Formatting cannot be interrupted.
Continue? yes
Beginning format. The current time is Tue Mar  5 21:48:38 2013

Formatting...
Format failed

Retry of formatting operation without any of the standard
mode selects and ignoring disk's Grown Defects list.  The
disk may be able to be reformatted this way if an earlier
formatting operation was interrupted by a power failure or
SCSI bus reset.  The Grown Defects list will be recreated
by format verification and surface analysis.

Retry format without mode selects and Grown Defects list? yes
Formatting...
Illegal request during format: block 0 (0x0) (0)
ASC: 0x20   ASCQ: 0x0
Illegal request during format: block 0 (0x0) (0)
ASC: 0x20   ASCQ: 0x0
failed
format>
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while using, say, Oracle Solaris 11, the format works as expected.


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