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: -------------------------------- 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: ----------------------------- None.