IA: Where to Go From Here
After you create a Solaris fdisk partition on the disk, you can create slices on the disk. Go to "IA: How to Create Disk Slices and Label a Disk".
IA: Example--Creating a Solaris fdisk Partition That Spans the Entire Drive
The following example uses the format's utility's fdisk option to create a Solaris fdisk partition that spans the entire drive.
# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 2466 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63>
/pci@0,0/pci-ide@7,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0
1. c0d1 <DEFAULT cyl 522 alt 2 hd 32 sec 63>
/pci@0,0/pci-ide@7,1/ide@0/cmdk@1,0
2. c1d0 <DEFAULT cyl 13102 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63>
/pci@0,0/pci-ide@7,1/ide@1/cmdk@0,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 0
selecting c0d0
Controller working list found
[disk formatted]
format> fdisk
The recommended default partitioning for your disk is:
a 100% "SOLARIS System" partition.
To select this, please type "y". To partition your disk
differently, type "n" and the "fdisk" program will let you
select other partitions. y
WARNING: Solaris fdisk partition changed - Please relabel the disk
format> label
Ready to label disk, continue? yes
format> quit
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IA: Example--Creating a Solaris fdisk Partition While Preserving an Existing fdisk Partition
The following example shows how to create a Solaris fdisk partition on a disk that has an existing DOS-BIG fdisk partition.
format> fdisk
Total disk size is 2694 cylinders
Cylinder size is 765 (512 byte) blocks
Cylinders
Partition Status Type Start End Length %
========= ====== ======== ===== === ====== ===
1 DOS-BIG 1 538 538 20
SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Create a partition
2. Change Active (Boot from) partition
3. Delete a partition
4. Exit (Update disk configuration and exit)
5. Cancel (Exit without updating disk configuration)
Enter Selection: 1
Indicate the type of partition you want to create
(1=SOLARIS, 2=UNIX, 3=PCIXOS, 4=Other, 8=DOSBIG)
(5=DOS12, 6=DOS16, 7=DOSEXT, 0=Exit) ?1
Indicate the percentage of the disk you want this partition
to use (or enter "c" to specify in cylinders). 80
Do you want this to become the Active partition? If so, it will be
activated each time you reset your computer or when you turn it on
again. Please type "y" or "n". y
Partition 2 is now the Active partition Total disk size is 2694
cylinders
Cylinder size is 765 (512 byte) blocks
Cylinders
Partition Status Type Start End Length %
========= ====== ======== ===== === ====== ===
1 DOS-BIG 1 538 538 20
2 Active SOLARIS 539 2693 2155 80
SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Create a partition
2. Change Active (Boot from) partition
3. Delete a partition
4. Exit (Update disk configuration and exit)
5. Cancel (Exit without updating disk configuration)
Enter Selection: Selection: 4
WARNING: Solaris fdisk partition changed - Please relabel the disk
format> label
Ready to label disk, continue? yes
format> q
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IA: Example--Creating a Solaris fdisk Partition and an Additional fdisk Partition
This following example shows how to create a Solaris fdisk partition and a DOSBIG fdisk partition.
format> fdisk
The recommended default partitioning for your disk is:
a 100% "SOLARIS System" partition.
To select this, please type "y". To partition your disk
differently, type "n" and the "fdisk" program will let you
select other partitions. n
Total disk size is 2694 cylinders
Cylinder size is 765 (512 byte) blocks
Cylinders
Partition Status Type Start End Length %
========= ====== ======== ===== === ====== ===
THERE ARE NO PARTITIONS CURRENTLY DEFINED SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Create a partition
2. Change Active (Boot from) partition
3. Delete a partition
4. Exit (Update disk configuration and exit)
5. Cancel (Exit without updating disk configuration)
Enter Selection: 1
Indicate the type of partition you want to create
(1=SOLARIS, 2=UNIX, 3=PCIXOS, 4=Other, 8=DOSBIG)
(5=DOS12, 6=DOS16, 7=DOSEXT, 0=Exit) ?8
Indicate the percentage of the disk you want this partition
to use (or enter "c" to specify in cylinders). 20
Do you want this to become the Active partition? If so, it will be
activated each time you reset your computer or when you turn it on
again. Please type "y" or "n". n
Total disk size is 2694 cylinders
Cylinder size is 765 (512 byte) blocks
Cylinders
Partition Status Type Start End Length %
========= ====== ======== ===== === ====== ===
1 DOS-BIG 1 538 538 20
SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Create a partition
2. Change Active (Boot from) partition
3. Delete a partition
4. Exit (Update disk configuration and exit)
5. Cancel (Exit without updating disk configuration)Enter
Selection: 1
Indicate the type of partition you want to create
(1=SOLARIS, 2=UNIX, 3=PCIXOS, 4=Other, 8=DOSBIG)
(5=DOS12, 6=DOS16, 7=DOSEXT, 0=Exit) ?1
Indicate the percentage of the disk you want this partition
to use (or enter "c" to specify in cylinders). 80
Do you want this to become the Active partition? If so, it will be
activated each time you reset your computer or when you turn it on
again. Please type "y" or "n". y
Partition 2 is now the Active partition Total disk size is 2694
cylinders
Cylinder size is 765 (512 byte) blocks
Cylinders
Partition Status Type Start End Length %
========= ====== ======== ===== === ====== ===
1 DOS-BIG 1 538 538 20
2 Active SOLARIS 539 2693 2155 80
SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Create a partition
2. Change Active (Boot from) partition
3. Delete a partition
4. Exit (Update disk configuration and exit)
5. Cancel (Exit without updating disk configuration)
Enter Selection: 4
format> q
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