Re: the format command for linux

[Andreas Jaehnigen <jaehnias@Studenten.IMS.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>]

Hi...

> I have decided to clean the intire drives off on my sparc and would like to
> know the linux command for formatting a hard drive on my sparc 1+...
> I decided its the only way I'll clean off the conflicts that are on the hard
> drive...

I did this using the SunOS/Solaris format command.
First, I created partitions with this command. Afterwards I changed the
partition IDs (types) to "linux native" and "linux swap" with the
Linux "fdisk" command. (You'll find "fdisk" on your rescue disk/image.)
In particular, SILO (the equivalent to LILO, if you know Linux on Intel)
seems to need the "whole disk" partition (which is created by Sun's format
utility as a default). Sun's format also writes a "Sun label" on the disk,
which is needed by the PROM of your machine (otherwise it complains about
"wrong magic number").

-- 
cya
	ANDI