Linux equivalent of 'format' in solaris

["Ed Donahue" <liberaled@xxxxxxxxx>]

It shows the physical disks on the server

bash-2.05b# format 
 Searching for disks...done 
  
  
 AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 
        0. c0t2d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248> 
           /sbus@3,0/SUNW,fas@3,8800000/sd@2,0 
        1. c0t3d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248> 
           /sbus@3,0/SUNW,fas@3,8800000/sd@3,0 
        2. c0t4d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248> 
           /sbus@3,0/SUNW,fas@3,8800000/sd@4,0 
        3. c1t10d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248> 
           /sbus@3,0/QLGC,isp@0,10000/sd@a,0 
        4. c1t11d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248> 
           /sbus@3,0/QLGC,isp@0,10000/sd@b,0 
        5. c1t12d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248> 
           /sbus@3,0/QLGC,isp@0,10000/sd@c,0 
 Specify disk (enter its number): 
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