Patch-ID# 104312-09
Keywords: format RESERVE fibre channel disk VTOC LUN fdisk PCATA PCMCIA IDE
Synopsis: SunOS 5.5.1: format and fdisk patch
Date: Jun/02/98

Solaris Release: 2.5.1

SunOS Release: 5.5.1

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 104313
Xref: This patch available for PPC as patch 104314

Topic: SunOS 5.5.1: format and fdisk patch

BugId's fixed with this patch: 1240976 1240978 1247895 1262714 1263225 1263318 1263321 1264647 4015925 4036085 4043329 4044925 4056343 4075184 4092004 

Changes incorporated in this version: 4092004

Relevant Architectures: sparc

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:  

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch:

/sbin/fdisk
/usr/include/sys/dktp/fdisk.h
/usr/sbin/fdisk
/usr/sbin/format

Problem Description:

4092004 format core dumps while "searching for disks" with MTI-9000 attached

(from 104312-08)

4075184 format core dumps when we do surface scan on Ultra-10/Ultra-30 IDE.

(from 104312-07)

4056343 Support bad block management on IDE

(from 104312-06)

4036085 SPARC disklabels are limited to 65535 each for cylinders, heads, and sectors.

(from 104312-05)

4044925 Format does not reflect fdisk partition changes, in some cases.

(from 104312-04)

4043329 format command segmentation faults on hw497 build 18c

(from 104312-03)

4015925 RFE : format doesn't Label correctly with IDE HD on sparc systems.
1262714 RFE : format doesn't work correctly with IDE HD on sparc systems.

(from 104312-02)

1240976 fdisk must be enhanced to support PCATA project on Sparc platform
1240978 format must be enhanced to support fdisk and PCATA project on Sparc platform
1247895 pcmcia: user daemon is required to be enhanced to support PCMCIA ATA project

(from 104312-01)

1264647 format needs to use RESERVE(10)/RELEASE(10) on fibre channel disks
1263321 format w/out defect list fails; illegal request during format
1263318 format unable to write a VTOC or backup labels
1263225 Cannot extract a defect list from a Symbios controller

Patch Installation Instructions: 
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Refer to the Install.info file within the patch for instructions on
using the generic 'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided
with each patch.  Any other special or non-generic installation
instructions should be described below.

Special Install Instructions: 
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None.
