How to initialize all disks and create a new file system

Initializing all disks erases all data

You might need to initialize all disks and create a single new file system in the following circumstances:

You decide to redeploy an existing filer and need to completely reconfigure it.
Network Appliance Technical Support advises you that the only way to recover from an error is to initialize all disks.

Caution: Initializing all disks causes all existing data to be lost.

Procedure for initializing all disks

Complete the steps in the following table to initialize all disks.


Step	Action
1	If the console is...	Then...
	Displaying the filer prompt, for example, `toaster>`.	Place the system boot diskette into the diskette drive of the filer and enter `reboot`.
	Not displaying the filer prompt.	Reboot from diskette as described in "Booting from system boot diskette."
2	When the boot menu appears, enter `4` to choose Initialize all disks. Results The filer initializes all the disks and creates a single-volume file system.

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