I'm trying to add a second volume to my solaris 10 install. I added a second disk to the parallels virtual machine and then booted into solaris. It appears it can see the drive but I can't do anything with it. # format Searching for disks...done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 20803 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63> /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0 1. c1d0 <DEFAULT cyl 8321 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63> /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@1/cmdk@0,0 Specify disk (enter its number): 1 selecting c1d0 illegal request Ready to get manufacturer's defect list from unformatted drive. This cannot be interrupted and takes a long while. Continue? y Extracting manufacturer's defect list...[disk unformatted, no defect list found]Bad read of fdisk partition. Bad read of fdisk partition. 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 show - translate a disk address label - write label to the disk analyze - surface analysis defect - defect list management backup - search for backup labels verify - read and display labels save - save new disk/partition definitions volname - set 8-character volume name !<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return quit format> p Please run fdisk first. format> fdisk fdisk: Error reading partition table from /dev/rdsk/c1d0p0. Bad read of fdisk partition. Status = ffffffff Cannot read fdisk partition information. No fdisk solaris partition found format> p Please run fdisk first. What do I need to do to get this drive setup so Solaris can use it? thanks, Bill
More information. When I issue the format command it takes ages (minutes) to come back with the drive list. It should come back fairly fast. Anyone played with multiple drives in a solaris install under parallels? Bill
