Can't partition disk. idisk returns error 14

[Greg Chandler]

bash-3.2# cat /tmp/partition
3
EFI 100MB
HPUX 48%
HPSP 48%

bash-3.2# idisk -w -f /tmp/partition /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0
idisk version: 1.31
********************** WARNING ***********************
If you continue you may destroy all data on this disk.
Do you wish to continue(yes/no)? yes

EFI Primary Header:
Signature = EFI PART
Revision = 0x10000
HeaderSize = 0x60
HeaderCRC32 = 0x68618463
MyLbaLo = 0x1
AlternateLbaLo = 0x1117732f
FirstUsableLbaLo = 0x22
LastUsableLbaLo = 0x1117730c
Disk GUID = d7c57e4a-4232-11dd-8001-d6217b60e588
PartitionEntryLbaLo = 0x2
NumberOfPartitionEntries = 0xc
SizeOfPartitionEntry = 0x80
PartitionEntryArrayCRC32 = 0xdd24cdeb

Primary Partition Table (in 512 byte blocks):
Partition 1 (EFI):
Partition Type GUID = c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
Unique Partition GUID = d7c58192-4232-11dd-8002-d6217b60e588
Starting Lba = 0x22
Ending Lba = 0x32021
Partition 2 (HP-UX):
Partition Type GUID = 75894c1e-3aeb-11d3-b7c1-7b03a0000000
Unique Partition GUID = d7c581ba-4232-11dd-8003-d6217b60e588
Starting Lba = 0x32022
Ending Lba = 0x835d749
Partition 3 (HPSP):
Partition Type GUID = e2a1e728-32e3-11d6-a682-7b03a0000000
Unique Partition GUID = d7c581ec-4232-11dd-8004-d6217b60e588
Starting Lba = 0x835d74a
Ending Lba = 0x10688e71
idisk: Read of requested data failed(14)
idisk: Read of Alternate EFI header failed

bash-3.2# insf -eC disk
insf: Installing special files for sdisk instance 0 address 0/0/2/0.0.0.0
insf: Installing special files for sdisk instance 1 address 0/1/1/0.0.0
insf: Installing special files for sdisk instance 2 address 0/1/1/0.1.0
insf: Installing special files for sdisk instance 3 address 0/1/1/1.2.0


bash-3.2# idisk /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0
idisk version: 1.31

EFI Primary Header:
Signature = EFI PART
Revision = 0x10000
HeaderSize = 0x60
HeaderCRC32 = 0x68618463
MyLbaLo = 0x1
AlternateLbaLo = 0x1117732f
FirstUsableLbaLo = 0x22
LastUsableLbaLo = 0x1117730c
Disk GUID = d7c57e4a-4232-11dd-8001-d6217b60e588
PartitionEntryLbaLo = 0x2
NumberOfPartitionEntries = 0xc
SizeOfPartitionEntry = 0x80
PartitionEntryArrayCRC32 = 0xdd24cdeb

Primary Partition Table (in 512 byte blocks):
Partition 1 (EFI):
Partition Type GUID = c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
Unique Partition GUID = d7c58192-4232-11dd-8002-d6217b60e588
Starting Lba = 0x22
Ending Lba = 0x32021
Partition 2 (HP-UX):
Partition Type GUID = 75894c1e-3aeb-11d3-b7c1-7b03a0000000
Unique Partition GUID = d7c581ba-4232-11dd-8003-d6217b60e588
Starting Lba = 0x32022
Ending Lba = 0x835d749
Partition 3 (HPSP):
Partition Type GUID = e2a1e728-32e3-11d6-a682-7b03a0000000
Unique Partition GUID = d7c581ec-4232-11dd-8004-d6217b60e588
Starting Lba = 0x835d74a
Ending Lba = 0x10688e71
idisk: Read of requested data failed(14)
idisk: Read of Alternate EFI header failed


I'm trying to get two usable partitions on the disk that I can use. It doesn't seem to be working, can anyone help?

[Ivan Krastev]

Use the following file for partitions layout:

3
EFI 100MB
HPUX 100%
HPSP 400MB


regards,
ivan

[Greg Chandler]

Same thing.

bash-3.2# cat /tmp/partition
3
EFI 100MB
HPUX 100%
HPSP 400MB
bash-3.2# idisk -w -f /tmp/partition /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0
idisk version: 1.31
********************** WARNING ***********************
If you continue you may destroy all data on this disk.
Do you wish to continue(yes/no)? yes

EFI Primary Header:
Signature = EFI PART
Revision = 0x10000
HeaderSize = 0x60
HeaderCRC32 = 0x7195f3dd
MyLbaLo = 0x1
AlternateLbaLo = 0x1117732f
FirstUsableLbaLo = 0x22
LastUsableLbaLo = 0x1117730c
Disk GUID = 433dd280-4238-11dd-8001-d6217b60e588
PartitionEntryLbaLo = 0x2
NumberOfPartitionEntries = 0xc
SizeOfPartitionEntry = 0x80
PartitionEntryArrayCRC32 = 0x998e4294

Primary Partition Table (in 512 byte blocks):
Partition 1 (EFI):
Partition Type GUID = c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
Unique Partition GUID = 433dd56e-4238-11dd-8002-d6217b60e588
Starting Lba = 0x22
Ending Lba = 0x32021
Partition 2 (HP-UX):
Partition Type GUID = 75894c1e-3aeb-11d3-b7c1-7b03a0000000
Unique Partition GUID = 433dd5a0-4238-11dd-8003-d6217b60e588
Starting Lba = 0x32022
Ending Lba = 0x110af30b
Partition 3 (HPSP):
Partition Type GUID = e2a1e728-32e3-11d6-a682-7b03a0000000
Unique Partition GUID = 433dd5d2-4238-11dd-8004-d6217b60e588
Starting Lba = 0x110af30c
Ending Lba = 0x1117730b
idisk: Read of requested data failed(14)
idisk: Read of Alternate EFI header failed

[Anka]

See the following patches depending on the OS version:

PHCO_36556 s700_800 11.23 idisk(1M) cumulative patch

PHCO_36555 11.31 idisk(1M) cumulative patch

There ae some hints in the patch documentation

It is not an exact math to your problem but you can try

[Greg Chandler]

Ok, so the patch fixed the idisk problem. I still am not seeing the creation of the s* devices for the individual partitions.
"insf -eC disk" Should be all I need right?

[Ivan Krastev]

Yes,
Use insf -eC disk for creating device files.

regards,
ivan

[Greg Chandler]

I tried this as well:

# ioscan -fnC disk
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
============================================================================
disk 0 0/0/2/0.0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE TEAC DV-28E-C
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0
disk 1 0/1/1/0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 36.4GST336753LC
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0
disk 2 0/1/1/0.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 146 GMAP3147NC
/dev/dsk/c2t1d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0
disk 3 0/1/1/1.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 36.4GMAS3367NC
/dev/dsk/c3t2d0 /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0


bash-3.2# insf -e -H 0/1/1/0.1.0
insf: Installing special files for sdisk instance 2 address 0/1/1/0.1.0
bash-3.2# ls -al /dev/dsk
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 bin bin 96 Jun 25 09:14 .
dr-xr-xr-x 12 bin bin 8192 Jun 24 15:54 ..
brw-r----- 1 bin sys 31 0x000000 Jun 18 19:09 c0t0d0
brw-r----- 1 bin sys 31 0x020000 Jun 18 19:09 c2t0d0
brw-r----- 1 bin sys 31 0x021000 Jun 18 19:09 c2t1d0
brw-r----- 1 bin sys 31 0x032000 Jun 18 19:09 c3t2d0
bash-3.2# ls -al /dev/rdsk
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 bin bin 96 Jun 24 15:25 .
dr-xr-xr-x 12 bin bin 8192 Jun 24 15:54 ..
crw-r----- 1 bin sys 188 0x000000 Jun 18 19:09 c0t0d0
crw-r----- 1 bin sys 188 0x020000 Jun 18 20:27 c2t0d0
crw-r----- 1 bin sys 188 0x021000 Jun 25 09:03 c2t1d0
crw-r----- 1 bin sys 188 0x032000 Jun 18 19:09 c3t2d0

[Greg Chandler]

Well, maybe there is a bigger problem, I manually created the block/char devices:
mknod c2t1d0s1 b 31 0x021001
mknod c2t1d0s2 b 31 0x021002
mknod c2t1d0s3 b 31 0x021003
mknod c2t1d0s1 c 188 0x021001
mknod c2t1d0s2 c 188 0x021002
mknod c2t1d0s3 c 188 0x021003
bash-3.2# pwd
/dev
bash-3.2# ls -al *dsk*/*s*
brw-r----- 1 bin sys 31 0x021001 Jun 25 09:46 dsk/c2t1d0s1
brw-r----- 1 bin sys 31 0x021002 Jun 25 09:46 dsk/c2t1d0s2
brw-r----- 1 bin sys 31 0x021003 Jun 25 09:46 dsk/c2t1d0s3
crw-r----- 1 bin sys 188 0x021001 Jun 25 09:46 rdsk/c2t1d0s1
crw-r----- 1 bin sys 188 0x021002 Jun 25 09:46 rdsk/c2t1d0s2
crw-r----- 1 bin sys 188 0x021003 Jun 25 09:46 rdsk/c2t1d0s3



bash-3.2# newfs /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s2
newfs: /etc/default/fs is used for determining the file system type
UX:vxfs newfs: ERROR: V-3-20113: Cannot open /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s2: No such device or address
bash-3.2# newfs /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s1
newfs: /etc/default/fs is used for determining the file system type
UX:vxfs newfs: ERROR: V-3-20113: Cannot open /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s1: No such device or address