Start the system wait till Starting up the system message appears.
click on stop for maintenance for creating partitions.
Now Click on Enter Command Monitor and type hinv. Note the SCSI HARD DISK and SCSI CDROM drives controller Id and device Id.
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Creating Partitions Procedure
Type: boot -f dksc(0,4,8)sash64 dksc(0,4,7)stand/fx.64 and press Enter key.
In the above command controller Id=0, Device Id=4 for CDROM DRIVE
Do you require extended mode with all options available(no)? yes Type yes and Press Enter Key
fx: device-name = (dksc) Press Enter Key
fx: ctrl # = (0) …………… Press Enter Key
fx: drive # = (1) …………..Press Enter Key
please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu) —
[exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/
[b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/
fx> r (Type r and Press Enter Key)
— please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu) —
[ro]otdrive [o]ptiondrive [e]xpert [u]srrootdrive [re]size fx/repartition> ro (Type ro and Press Enter Key)
— please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu) —
[ro]otdrive [o]ptiondrive [e]xpert [u]srrootdrive [re]size fx/repartition>ro (Type ro and Press Enter Key)
fx/repartition/rootdrive: type of data partition = (xfs) …Press Enter Key
Continue? y (Type y and Press Enter Key)
A menu appears asking: Please Choose One.
Type .. (dot,dot two times) Press Enter Key
Type: d/fi Press Enter Key
fx/debug/fillbuf: buf offset = (0) Press Enter Key
fx/debug/fillbuf: “fill string” = ( ) Type a and Press Enter Key
fx/debug/fillbuf: nbytes = (524288) Type: 0x10000 and Press Enter Key
menu appears asking: Please Choose One.
Type: d/w and Press Enter Key
fx/debug/writebuf: buf offset = (0) Press Enter Key
fx/debug/writebuf: nblocks = (4294967296) Type: 128 and Press Enter Key
Type: l/sy and Press Enter Key
Now following Instruction will come
menu appears asking: Please Choose One.
Type: exit and Press Enter Key
Creating Partitions on SILICON GRAPHICS O2 and O2+
Start the system wait till Starting up the system message appears.
click on stop for maintenance.
Now Click on Enter Command Monitor and type hinv .Note the SCSI HARD DISK and SCSI CDROM drives controller Id and device Id.
SYSTEM DISK LABELING PROCEDURE FOR NEW DISK
Type the following Command and press Enter.
boot -f dksc(0,4,8)sashARCS dksc(0,4,7)stand/fx.ARCS
Massage will appear.
Do you require extended mode with all options available? (no)
Press y and press Enter.
SGI Version x.x ARCS xxxx, xxxx fx: îdevice-nameî = (dksc) Press Enter fx: ctlr# = (0) Press Enter fx: drive# = (1) Press Enter fx: lun# = (0) Press Enter
Again massage will appear
—– please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)—–
[exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/ [a]uto [b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ fx> exi Type exi and press Enter.
Last massage will come up
label info has changed for disk dksc (0,1,0). write out changes?(yes) Press Enter
Click on Done.screen will be blank and maintenance menu will come up.
SGI O2 NEW SYSTEM HDD FORMAT PROCEDURE
Click on Enter Command Monitor and type following command.
boot -f dksc(0,4,8)sashARCS dksc(0,4,7)stand/fx.ARCS
Massage will appear.
Do you require extended mode with all options available? (no)
Press y and press Enter.
SGI Version x.x ARCS xxxx, xxxx
fx: îdevice-nameî = (dksc) Enter
fx: ctlr# = (0) Enter
fx: drive# = (1) Enter
fx: lun# = (0) Enter
Massage will appear.
—– please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)—– [exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/ [a]uto [b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ fx> d Type d and press Enter.
Massage will appear.
—– please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)—– [c]mpbuf [fi]llbuf [see]k [showp]ages [d]umpbuf [n]umber [w]ritebuf [set]page [e]ditbuf [r]eadbuf [showc]apacity [fo]rmat fx/debug> fo Type fo and press Enter.
Massage will appear.
fx/debug/format: Drive Parameters to use in formatting=(current) press Enter.
Massage will appear.
about to destroy data on disk dksc(0, 1, 0)!ok? y Press y and press Enter.
After sometime (depends on scsi hard disk) massage will come up.
format completed successfully
—– please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)—– [c]mpbuf [fi]llbuf [see]k [showp]ages [d]umpbuf [n]umber [w]ritebuf [set]page [e]ditbuf [r]eadbuf [showc]apacity [fo]rmat fx/debug> .. Type .. and press Enter.
Massage will appear.
—– please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)—– [exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/ [a]uto [b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ fx> l/c/a Type l/c/a and press Enter.
—– please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)—– [exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/ [a]uto [b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ fx> exi Type exi and press Enter.
The last message will come up
label info has changed for disk disc (0,1,0). write out changes? (yes) Press Enter
Click on Done. The screen will be blank and the maintenance menu will come up.
SGI O2 NEW SYSTEM HDD FORMAT PROCEDURE
Click on Enter Command Monitor and type the following command.
boot -f dksc(0,4,8)sashARCS dksc(0,4,7)stand/fx.ARCS
Massage will appear.
Do you require extended mode with all options available? (no)
Press y and press Enter.
SGI Version x.x ARCS xxxx, xxxx
fx: îdevice-nameî = (dksc) Enter
fx: ctlr# = (0) Enter
fx: drive# = (1) Enter
fx: lun# = (0) Enter
—– please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)—– [exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/ [a]uto [b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ fx> d Type d and press Enter.
—– please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)—– [c]mpbuf [fi]llbuf [see]k [showp]ages [d]umpbuf [n]umber [w]ritebuf [set]page [e]ditbuf [r]eadbuf [showc]apacity [fo]rmat fx/debug> fo Type fo and press Enter.
Massage will appear.
fx/debug/format: Drive Parameters to use in formatting=(current) press Enter.
Massage will appear.
about to destroy data on disk dksc(0, 1, 0)!ok? y Press y and press Enter.
After some time (depends on SCSI hard disk) massage will come up.
format completed successfully
—– please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)—– [c]mpbuf [fi]llbuf [see]k [showp]ages [d]umpbuf [n]umber [w]ritebuf [set]page [e]ditbuf [r]eadbuf [showc]apacity [fo]rmat fx/debug> .. Type .. and press Enter.
Massage will appear.
—– please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu)—– [exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/ [a]uto [b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ fx> r Type r and press Enter.
Massage will appear.
— please choose one (? for help, .. to quit this menu) —
[ro]otdrive [o]ptiondrive [e]xpert [u]srrootdrive [re]size fx/repartition> ro (Type ro and Press Enter Key)
Massage will appear.
fx/repartition/rootdrive: type of data partition = (xfs) Press Enter.
Warning will come up and will ask for Continue ? y Type y and press Enter.
Massage Menu will appear.
[ro]otdrive [o]ptiondrive [e]xpert [u]srrootdrive [re]size fx/repartition> .. (Type .. and Press Enter Key)
Again massage will appear.
[exi]t [d]ebug/ [l]abel/ [a]uto [b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ fx> exi Type exi and press Enter.
Screen will be blank and maintenance menu will come up.
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