[SunHELP] changing disk partitioning

[Edward Chase]

I can't seem to write the partition table back out.  I make changes using
the format command, but when I quit and return into the command, the
partition table is what I've started with.



-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org] On
Behalf Of David Morley
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:29 AM
To: The SunHELP List
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] changing disk partitioning


Ed,
    Depending on where your OS is loaded you should be able to make slice 4
smaller and move the remainder to the other available slices 5,6, or 7.  If
however, you're OS is using slice 4 as one of it's mounted filesystems a
reload will need to be done.

Thanks,

Dave
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David A. Morley
dmorley at boothnewspapers.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Chase" <echase at studentweb.providence.edu>
To: "sunhelp" <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:15 AM
Subject: [SunHELP] changing disk partitioning


> I've got a Solaris 9 machine that I'm setting up.  The disk
> partitioning
is
> below.
>
> I'd like to split up slice #4 into 2 separate slices.  However when I
> try
to
> do this, I do not see any way of writing the partition table back out.
>
> Can this be done on a running system or is a reload of the OS my only
> option.  The drive only contains the OS so far.
>
> partition> p
> Current partition table (original):
> Total disk cylinders available: 24620 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
>
> Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
>   0       root    wm    4355 - 11613       10.00GB    (7259/0/0)  20971251
>   1       swap    wu       0 -  1451        2.00GB    (1452/0/0)   4194828
>   2     backup    wm       0 - 24619       33.92GB    (24620/0/0) 71127180
>   3        var    wm    1452 -  4354        4.00GB    (2903/0/0)   8386767
>   4 unassigned    wm   11614 - 24619       17.92GB    (13006/0/0) 37574334
>   5 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
>   6 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
>   7 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)            0
>
> ---
> Edward Chase
> Providence College
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