[ug-bosug] Split /space to swap in solaris partition..

[Vivek Joshi]

That's good that /space is currently empty :-) First unmount it (umount
/space) and also, note down all these entries.

I see slice 5 mounted as /space (based on its size 11.0 gb).  Let us assume
you want slice 1 as /swap of size 1.0 gb. You need to specify starting
cylinder and the size of the partition.


On the same menu, type '1' to select slice 1 ... For starting cylinder, type
656 and size as 1.0g. Then again type 'p' to see the current partition
table. You will see slice 1 starting from  656 of size 1.0 gb. Note down its
ending cylinder (say 'x').

At this point /space too starts from cylinder 656. Now, select slice 5 ...
and provide the starting cylinder as 'x' + 1 and size as 10.0 g ... or the
ending cylinder  (2096c)

once it's done, you reprint the table (by typing 'p'). You should see,

slice 1 656..x (1.0 gb)
slice 5 x+1..2096 (10.0gb)

Make sure that you don't see overlapped slices (by looking at the cylinders
range).

After verifying the table, you should relabel (by typing label) to store the
new vtoc. Don't forget to run newfs for newly created /space.

HTH,
Vivek



On 12/12/06, Anil verve <anil.verve at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> I forgot to add a swap partition to the solaris partition.
> So now i have the following slices
>
> /    -  5gb
> /export/home - 2.5 gb
> /space  - 11 gb.
>
> The /space is currently empty.. How can I split it to 2 partitions (1gb
> swap + 10 space) without touching the other 2 and screwing up the install.
>
> regards
> Anil
>
> PS : I figuerd i'd have to go and play with 'format -e' > partition, but
> wondering if theres a friendlier solution.
>
> partition> print
> Current partition table (original):
> Total disk cylinders available: 2359 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
>
> Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders        Size            Blocks
>   0       root    wm       3 -  655        5.00GB    (653/0/0)  10490445
>   1 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)           0
>   2     backup    wm       0 - 2358       18.07GB    (2359/0/0) 37897335
>   3 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)           0
>   4 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)           0
>   5 unassigned    wm     656 - 2096       11.04GB    (1441/0/0) 23149665
>   6       home    wm    2097 - 2358        2.01GB    (262/0/0)   4209030
>   7 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)           0
>   8       boot    wu       0 -    0        7.84MB    (1/0/0)       16065
>   9 alternates    wu       1 -    2       15.69MB    (2/0/0)       32130
>
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