Format Utility not detecting the external HardDrive

Hi,
I have got a new WesternD 1TB hardDrive.
I am trying to add it to my unix box but I have some problems.
I can do fdisk and set 10% of it as Solaris2:
# fdisk /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p0
Cylinders
Partition Status Type Start End Length %
========= ====== ============ ===== === ====== ===
1 Active Solaris2 1 6080 6080 10
2 DOS-BIG 6081 12160 6080 10
Still when I run the "format" utility I don't see the Drive.
I need to know how can I slice the fdisk partition as just trying to mount the fdisk partition is failing with:
# mount /dev/dsk/c2t0d0p1 /mount-part1/
mount: /dev/dsk/c2t0d0p1 is not this fstype
Even-though I have specifiied in the fdisk the partition to be of type SOLARIS2 or UNIX.
Thanks,
JavaMoh

Hi Everyone,
I have found the solution, we should use rmformat instead of format to partition removable media.
JavaMoh.

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