[SunHELP] changing disk partitioning

[Michael Karl]

After changing the partion-table you must label the disk.

Michael
> 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
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------
> 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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