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EFI and SUN Disk Labels

4 Jun 2010 1 minute read 2728 visits.

Have you ever got into a situation where you can't install a new system as you forgot to change the disk label from EFI prior to install?

21 May 2009 2 minute read 3258 visits.

Distinguishing between a failed disk and a failing disk may save you time when you need to replace it.

5 Nov 2008 2 minute read 2799 visits.

Inodes store information on files such as user and group ownership, access mode (read, write, execute permissions) and type of file.

7 Jun 2008 2 minute read 3404 visits.

Having a large number of disks can be a challange for sysadmins. By giving each disk a volume name may make it easier.

30 Jul 2003 2 minute read 3434 visits.

An entry on the Solaris /etc/vfstab file has seven fields, which are described in the following table.

6 Dec 2000 6 minute read 982 visits.

A simple article highligting the raid levels and arry types available for the Solaris operating system

5 Apr 2012 1 minute read 313 visits.

How do we know how is a storage device mapped to local device? Simple checkout /etc/path_to_inst.

29 Mar 1999 1 minute read 3657 visits.

Overwriting a disk with the format command is usually enough for most purposes, because it greatly reduces the chance that any data can be recovered.