HP StorageWorks HSG80 Enterprise Modular Storage RAID Array Fibre Channel Solution Software V8.8 for Sun Solaris Release Notes (AA-RV1SA-TE, March 2005)

Host Operating System Notes
44 HSG80 Enterprise Modular Storage RAID Array Fibre Channel Solution Software V8.8 for Sun
Solaris Release Notes
■ 169 sectors per track
4. At this point, allocate the alternate cylinders (2) from the total number of
cylinders to get the following values:
■ 24531 data cylinders
■ 2 alternate cylinders
■ 60 heads
■ 169 sectors per track
Write down the above data and proceed with the next step.
5. Using the
format utility, reconfigure your storageset's logical geometry.
■ From the main menu, select the storageset.
■ From the type menu, select other.
■ Enter the new number of data cylinders, heads, and sectors when
prompted. Press return, to take the default, for all other questions.
■ Use the partition command to create the desired partition table layout.
■ Use the label command to write the new geometry to the storageset.
Upon completing the above process, you are now able to use the
newfs command
to create file systems on the partitions you have created.
Using the “fsck” Utility on Large Storagesets
When attempting to fsck a large storageset, you may get the following error:
Cannot alloc 115667202 bytes for aclinop
The actual number is irrelevant. This error means that your system does not have
enough virtual memory to
fsck a large device. This is a known problem with
fsck.
The solution is to add swap space with the
swap -a command. HP testing has
shown that up to 500 MB of free memory is required to run
fsck on a 120 GB
storageset.
Booting Under Solaris
Booting under Solaris using the array controller has not been tested and is not
supported.