Solaris 7 Sun Hardware Platform Guide

Customizing the File System

When you perform a full install of Solaris 7 operating environment on a domain, the suninstall utility allows you to manually enter the disk partition sizes for your file systems. Do not use disk partitions that are less than the minimum sizes in Table 6-3.

If two disks are used, root (/) and /usr must be on the device specified in the OBP boot alias.

Table 6-3 Minimum Partition Sizes


Partition		Minimum Sizes	Notes
0	`/`	256 Mbyte	Bare minimum size
1	`swap`	1024 Mbyte	Bare minimum size
2	overlap		Actual total disk size
3	`/var`	512 Mbyte
4		2 Mbyte	This slice must be reserved for the Alternate Pathing and Solstice(TM) DiskSuite(TM) products. Otherwise, subsequent Alternate Pathing installations will overwrite the operating system.
5	`/opt`	512 Mbyte	This may be larger depending upon remaining space.
6	`/usr`	1 Gbyte	Asian-language users may need more space here.

Use the Tab key to move the cursor, and use the keyboard to type the size for each partition. Press F2 when you are done.

Use the following table to record the actual disk partitions.

Table 6-4 Disk Partition Form


Domain Name:			Domain Name:
Boot Disk:			Boot Disk:
	Partition Name	Size		Partition Name	Size
0			0
1			1
2			2
3			3
4			4
5			5
6			6
Domain Name:			Domain Name:
Boot Disk:			Boot Disk:
	Partition Name	Size		Partition Name	Size
0			0
1			1
2			2
3			3
4			4
5			5
6			6
Domain Name:			Domain Name:
Boot Disk:			Boot Disk:
	Partition Name	Size		Partition Name	Size
0			0
1			1
2			2
3			3
4			4
5			5
6			6
Domain Name:			Domain Name:
Boot Disk:			Boot Disk:
	Partition Name	Size		Partition Name	Size
0			0
1			1
2			2
3			3
4			4
5			5
6			6

Note -

Return to TABLE 5-2 on page 37 to continue the suninstall installation information.