What is SMI disk?
SMI is the “Silicon Motion Inc” company of whom I had not heard until today. This USB device IS NOT A EXTERNAL DEVICE as listed on the Admin Page. It is used to load, reload or update the underlying Linux operating system.
What is SMI and EFI label?
Solaris 10 and 11 provide two main partitioning (labels) options, SMI (Sun Microsystem Inc) and EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface). SMI has been around since the beginning of time, while EFI is newer. Solaris on 64-bit Sparc DOES support EFI for boot disks.
What is the label for EFI partition?
The size of the EFI label is usually 34 sectors, so partitions usually start at sector 34. This feature means that no partition can start at sector zero (0). No cylinder, head, or sector information is stored in the EFI label.
Why is my flash drive not recognized?
The currently loaded USB driver has become unstable or corrupt. Your PC requires an update for issues that may conflict with a USB external hard drive and Windows. Windows may be missing other important updates hardware or software issues. Your USB controllers may have become unstable or corrupt.
How do I label a drive in Solaris?
How to Label a Disk
- Become an administrator.
- Invoke the format utility.
- Type the number of the disk that you want to label.
- Select one of the following to label the disk:
- Label the disk by typing y at the Label it now?
- Enter type at the format> prompt.
- Select a disk type from the list of possible disk types.
What is a drive label?
A drive name or drive label is a unique name of up to 32 (NTFS) or 11 (FAT) characters assigned to a drive, disc, or other media connected to the computer. Every drive and storage device on your computer has a friendly name (aka: label) to make it easier to recognize.
What is disk label type?
A special area of every disk is set aside for storing information about the disk’s controller, geometry, and slices. That information is called the disk’s label. Another term that is used to described the disk label is the VTOC (Volume Table of Contents). To label a disk means to write slice information onto the disk.
What happens if I delete EFI partition?
What happens if I delete EFI system partition? As described above, the EFI partition works like an interface for the computer to boot Windows off. Without the EFI partition, you cannot boot your Windows successfully. Namely, it will make the installed system unbootable after deleting the EFI partition.
Is EFI and UEFI the same?
The Unified EFI (UEFI) Specification (previously known as the EFI Specification) defines an interface between an operating system and platform firmware. These provide a standard environment for booting an operating system and running pre-boot applications.