Formatting DASD Devices with Curtin

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To set the stage: what is Curtin and why should you care about it? Curtin is a tool that comes pre-installed on your favorite Linux distro, and its sole purpose in life is to make installing software packages (and formatting disks) as painless as possible. It’s like having a personal assistant who does all the heavy lifting for you!

Now, let me walk you through the process of formatting that stubborn DASD device using Curtin. First, open up your terminal and type:

# This script uses the "curtin" command to format a DASD device, making the process easier for the user.

# First, we need to specify the bash shell to use for executing the script.
#!/bin/bash

# Next, we use the "curtin" command to format the specified device, in this case, /dev/xvdf.
curtin format /dev/xvdf

# The "curtin" command is a tool used for installing software packages and formatting disks, making it a useful tool for this task.

(Replace `/dev/xvdf` with the actual name of your DASD device.)

That’s it! You’re done. No need to worry about any ***** flags or options, Curtin takes care of all that for you. If you want to format a partition instead of an entire disk, simply add the `–partition` flag followed by the partition number:

#!/bin/bash

# This script uses the `curtin` command to format a partition on a DASD device.
# Replace `/dev/xvdf` with the actual name of your DASD device.

# The `curtin format` command is used to format a disk or partition.
# The `--partition` flag specifies that we want to format a partition instead of an entire disk.
# The `1` after the flag indicates the partition number we want to format.
curtin format --partition 1 /dev/xvdf

(Replace `1` with the actual partition number.)

And that’s it! You can now go back to your regularly scheduled programming, safe in the knowledge that Curtin has taken care of all those ***** formatting details for you. No more headaches or hair-pulling, just smooth sailing from here on out.

But wait, there’s one more thing I want to share with you: if you ever find yourself needing to format a DASD device using Curtin but don’t have the luxury of being in front of your terminal, don’t worry bro!! You can use this handy-dandy script that I whipped up for just such an occasion.

#!/bin/bash

# This is a bash script used to format a DASD device using Curtin.

# Check if the number of arguments is equal to 2.
if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
    echo "Usage: format_dasd.sh <device> <filesystem>"
    exit 1
fi

# Assign the first argument to the variable DEVICE.
DEVICE=$1

# Assign the second argument to the variable FILESYSTEM.
FILESYSTEM=$2

# Use Curtin to format the specified device with the specified filesystem.
curtin format --format "$FILESYSTEM" "$DEVICE"

(Replace `` and `` with the actual values you need.)

Save this script as `format_dasd.sh`, make it executable (`chmod +x format_dasd.sh`) and run it whenever you need to format a DASD device using Curtin. It’s that easy!

No more headaches or hair-pulling, just smooth sailing from here on out.

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