[install-discuss] Soalris unable to detect free space ( While installing x86/64 bit version )

[Moinak Ghosh]

Amey Abhyankar wrote:
> Hi,
>  I have Solaris 10 11/06 edition for x86/64 . I have Centrino 1.5 powered laptop with ATA hdd . I created 6 GB "RAW" partition for Solaris 10 installation. I put the Solaris DVD, everything went fine till partitioning thing. Solaris partitioner scheme failed to detect "RAW" partition.
>
>  I tried several trick's by fomratting the respective RAW partition by "EXT3", "EXT2", "Reiser FS" & "SWAP". Solaris installer failed.
>   

   You do not create a RAW partition. You need to leave Unpartitioned 
Free Space,
   so that the Solaris installer can pick it up.
   Alternatively you can create a "Solaris2" partition from 
Gparted/Qtparted, but it is
   strictly not necessary. Just leaving free space is enough.

>  Any work around ?
>
> [ I already have Windows XP Pro & OpenSuSe 10.2 installed on my IBM ThinkPad R50e laptop. Solaris installer was taking 900 MB SWAP space of SuSe for Solaris installation which was quit weird. ]
>   

   The partition ID for Linux swap used to clash with the partition ID 
for Solaris earlier.
   So Solaris changed to use a new partition ID called "Solaris2". To 
prevent any confusion
   you might want to put your Linux swap in an Logical partition.

Regards,
Moinak.

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