Formats an Itanium-based platform system partition.
eformat [flags] -D hdisk_system_partition_file
The eformat command formats an hdisk's system partition with a FAT (File Allocation Table) file system. Itanium-based platform machines use this file system type to contain system boot data.
Note: Formatting a system partition causes all data stored in the system partition to be lost.
-D hdisk_system_partition_file | Specifies the system partition the eformat command is to format. The system partition can be specified by its logical hdisk#_s0 name (for example hdisk1_s0) or its special file name /dev/hdisk1_s0. The command opens the specified system partition's special file name and format that partition. |
-V volume_label | Specifies the 1 to 11 character volume label to be written to the system partition. This is an optional parameter. |
-t file_system_type | Specifies the FAT file system type for the system partition. A type of 16 or 32 may be specified. This is an optional parameter. If the parameter is not specified, the eformat command determines the file system type depending on the size of the system partition. |
-i | Specifies that the eformat command displays information about the file system after formatting the system partition. This is an optional parameter. |
eformat -D hdisk1_s0
eformat -D hdisk0_s0 -t 32
/etc/sbin/eformat | Contains the eformat command |
The efdisk command.
EFI Disk Partitioning Overview inAIX 5L Version 5.1 Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts.