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

[Venkata Kishore]

The partitioning tool in SMC is buggy, It is not recommended to use 
this for any disk activity.

Kishore


Vivek Joshi wrote:
> I didn't notice that you want a more friendlier option than format :)
>
> Check 'smc' tool and select 'disk' or 'storage' (I don't remember the 
> exact option) ... It rpovides a gui to play around with slices.
>
> Regards,
> Vivek
>
>
> On 12/12/06, *Vivek Joshi* <vbjoshi08 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:vbjoshi08 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     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
>     <mailto: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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