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About This Book

1.  Managing Removable Media (Overview)

2.  Managing Removable Media (Tasks)

3.  Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)

4.  Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)

5.  Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)

6.  Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)

7.  Using USB Devices (Overview)

8.  Using USB Devices (Tasks)

9.  Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)

10.  Managing Disks (Overview)

11.  Administering Disks (Tasks)

12.  SPARC: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

13.  x86: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

x86: Setting Up Disks for ZFS File Systems (Task Map)

x86: Setting Up Disks for ZFS File Systems

x86: How to Set Up a Disk for a ZFS Root File System

x86: Creating a Disk Slice for a ZFS Root File System

x86: How to Create a Disk Slice for a ZFS Root File System

x86: How to Install Boot Blocks for a ZFS Root File System

x86: How to Set Up a Disk for a ZFS File System

Creating and Changing Solaris fdisk Partitions

x86: Guidelines for Creating an fdisk Partition

x86: How to Create a Solaris fdisk Partition

Changing the fdisk Partition Identifier

How to Change the Solaris fdisk Identifier

14.  Configuring Storage Devices With COMSTAR

15.  Configuring and Managing the Oracle Solaris Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)

16.  The format Utility (Reference)

17.  Managing File Systems (Overview)

18.  Creating and Mounting File Systems (Tasks)

19.  Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)

20.  Copying Files and File Systems (Tasks)

21.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

Index

Chapter 13

x86: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

This chapter describes how to set up disks on an x86 based system.

For information on the procedures associated with setting up disks on an x86 based system, see the following sections:

For overview information about disk management, see Chapter 10, Managing Disks (Overview). For step-by-step instructions on setting up disks on a SPARC based system, see Chapter 12, SPARC: Setting Up Disks (Tasks).