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Preface
1. Managing Removable Media (Overview)
2. Managing Removable Media (Tasks)
3. Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)
4. Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)
5. Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)
6. Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)
7. Using USB Devices (Overview)
8. Using USB Devices (Tasks)
9. Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)
10. Managing Disks (Overview)
11. Administering Disks (Tasks)
12. SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
13. x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
14. Configuring Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)
15. Configuring and Managing the Solaris Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)
16. The format Utility (Reference)
Recommendations and Requirements for Using the format Utility
format Menu and Command Descriptions
format.dat File
Rules for Input to format Commands
Getting Help on the format Utility
17. Managing File Systems (Overview)
18. Creating UFS, TMPFS, and LOFS File Systems (Tasks)
19. Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)
20. Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)
21. Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)
22. Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)
23. UFS File System (Reference)
24. Backing Up and Restoring File Systems (Overview)
25. Backing Up Files and File Systems (Tasks)
26. Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)
27. Restoring Files and File Systems (Tasks)
28. UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)
29. Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
30. Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)
Index
This chapter describes the format utility's menus and commands.
This is a list of the reference information in this chapter.
For a overview of when to use the format utility, see format Utility.