[osol-discuss] zpool attach, prtvtoc, fmthard fmthard: Cannot open device /dev/rdsk/c8t2

successfully installed 2009 06 on hp pavillion dv9000. i had linux before. 
system has 2 harddrives.
has solaris installed on one and wanted to mirror the other one.
1. used format to delete the ext3 partition and create solaris2, on the second 
drive.
2. trying to copy volume table of contents to drive 2 before attaching to the 
pool.
pfexec prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c8t0d0s2 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c8t2d0s2
getting this.
fmthard:  Cannot open device /dev/rdsk/c8t2d0s2 - Permission denied

the disk seems ok as i can install linux suse11 and windows...it seems like 
format thinks it is still busy with something???


tried to format the second disk using format.
Retry format without mode selects and Grown Defects list? y
Formatting...
Illegal request during format: block 0 (0x0) (0/0/0)
ASC: 0x20   ASCQ: 0x0
Illegal request during format: block 0 (0x0) (0/0/0)
ASC: 0x20   ASCQ: 0x0
failed


here is the output from disk selection
             Total disk size is 14593 cylinders
             Cylinder size is 16065 (512 byte) blocks

                                               Cylinders
      Partition   Status    Type          Start   End   Length    %
      =========   ======    ============  =====   ===   ======   ===
          1       Active    Solaris2          1  14592    14592    100



Please help!
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