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Preface

1.  Managing Removable Media (Overview/Tasks)

2.  Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)

3.  Managing Devices (Tasks)

4.  Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)

5.  Managing USB Devices (Tasks)

6.  Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)

7.  Managing Disks (Overview)

8.  Managing Disk Use (Tasks)

9.  Administering Disks (Tasks)

10.  SPARC: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

11.  x86: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

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

x86: Setting Up Disks for UFS File Systems

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

x86: How to Connect a Disk for a UFS File System

x86: How to Create Disk Slices for UFS File Systems

x86: How to Create a UFS File System

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

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

12.  Configuring Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets (Tasks)

13.  The format Utility (Reference)

14.  Managing File Systems (Overview)

15.  Creating and Mounting File Systems (Tasks)

16.  Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)

17.  Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)

18.  UFS File System (Reference)

19.  Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview/Tasks)

20.  Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)

21.  Copying Files and File Systems (Tasks)

22.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

23.  UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)

Index

Chapter 11

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 7, Managing Disks (Overview). For step-by-step instructions on setting up disks on a SPARC based system, see Chapter 10, SPARC: Setting Up Disks (Tasks).