ANR7831E (Solaris)
raw partition name has an existing filesystem.

Explanation

The RAW partition specified has an existing Solaris file system on it. Writing to this partition will most likely destroy this filesystem.

System action

Warn the user that an existing filesystem for the raw partition specified may be destroyed if written to.

User response

Determine if user still wants the valid filesystem data. If not, user needs to destroy the filesystem by either formatting the partition, create a program to destroy the filesystem header information so that the server will not be able to detect the filesystem header information, or rearrange the starting and ending blocks of a partition by using the Solaris format() command. The user can read the format() function in the Oracle Solaris manuals for further details on filesystems.