[SunHELP] Am I screwed??

[John Kennedy]

Ooops, you're right...I've been doing too much PC work the past couple of
weeks...That's gonna stop...
John

Carl-Johan Schenstrom wrote:
> 
> No, partitions don't need to be in any specific order. He should be able
> to create up to three partitions of the remaining cylinders and newfs them
> while sitting comfortably in his chair.
> 
> //cjs
> 
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, John Kennedy wrote:
> 
> > Clayton
> > It's not the remoteness that has you screwed, it's the fact that your disk is
> > partitioned that the only usable slice is slice 7.  All your cylinders are used
> > up through cyl 10912.  To use slice 4 you will need to delete slice 5 and 6 and
> > re-partition the last 4 slices.  Once you do this all data on slices 5 and 6
> > will be lost and you will need to reload the system.  Looks like either way you
> > are going on a trip.
> > John
> >
> > Clayton Winter wrote:
> > >
> > > I have been looking at the Netra that was installed whilst I was away.
> > >
> > > Current partition table (original):
> > > Total disk cylinders available: 38790 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
> > >
> > > Part  Tag         Flag     Cylinders    Size       Blocks
> > >    0   root       wm       0 - 507      250.03MB   (508/0/0)     512064
> > >    1   swap       wu       508 - 2588   1.00GB     (2081/0/0)  2097648
> > >    2   backup      wu       0 - 38789    18.64GB    (38790/0/0) 39100320
> > >    3   unassigned  wu       0            0          (0/0/0)     0
> > >    4   unassigned  wm       0            0          (0/0/0)     0
> > >    5   var         wm       2589 - 6750  2.00GB     (4162/0/0)  4195296
> > >    6   usr         wm       6751 - 10912 2.00GB     (4162/0/0)  4195296
> > >    7   unassigned  wm       0            0          (0/0/0)     0
> > >
> > > I can't create a new partion without going into single user mode.
> > >
> > > eg.
> > >
> > > 7 home 10GB
> > > 4 opt  4.9GB
> > >
> > > Which I can't do from another state right?
> > >
> > > Anyone out there know anyway I can save a air ticket.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > --------------------------------------
> > > Clayton Winter: Systems Administrator
> > > Sun Certified System Administrator
> > > Webdata: Corporate Hosting Solutions
> > > e: clayton at webdata.com.au p: 4054 1511
> > > --------------------------------------
> 
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