tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867038905024242381.post8690227668563386143..comments2023-06-14T10:39:14.993-04:00Comments on The Bungling Sys Admin: Segmentation faults when formatting a disk in SolarisReamer77http://www.blogger.com/profile/15100364830725977988noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867038905024242381.post-84881799454125342112008-10-07T15:07:00.000-04:002008-10-07T15:07:00.000-04:00Yeah, I was in a position where I didn't know exac...Yeah, I was in a position where I didn't know exactly what to do, and since the hardware was so old, it wouldn't be a big deal if it was accidentally trashed.<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing it was the partition format as well. I was surprised that Solaris would just choke on it instead of detecting it as a non-Solaris compatible format. I read elsewhere that this has been "fixed" in OpenSolaris, but I didn't see a Sparc release of it on Sun's site.Reamer77https://www.blogger.com/profile/15100364830725977988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867038905024242381.post-38506148186027489442008-10-07T14:43:00.000-04:002008-10-07T14:43:00.000-04:00wow! That sounds heavy-handed, but whatever works....wow! That sounds heavy-handed, but whatever works. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if it was the partition format...Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471234837140977994noreply@blogger.com