Disk configuration files enable you to use pfinstall(1M) from a single system to test profiles against different disk configurations. Follow this procedure to create single- and multiple-disk configuration files:
Locate an IA based system that contains a disk you want to test.
Become superuser.
Create part of the single disk configuration file by saving the output of the fdisk(1M) command in a file:
# fdisk -R -W disk_config /dev/rdsk/device_name |
where disk_config is the name of a disk configuration file and /dev/rdsk/device_name is the device name of the fdisk layout of the entire disk. device_name must be in the form cwtxdyp0 or cxdyp0.
Append the output of the prtvtoc(1M) command to the disk configuration file:
# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/device_name >>disk_config |
where /dev/rdsk/device_name is the device name of the system's disk (device_name must be in the form cwtxdys2 or cxdys2) and disk_config is the name of the disk configuration file.
Do you want to test installing Solaris software on multiple disks?
If no, stop, you're done.
If yes, concatenate the single disk configuration files together and save the output in a new file:
# cat disk_file1 disk_file2 >multi_disk_config |
The new file becomes the multiple-disk configuration file. For example:
# cat 104_disk2 104_disk3 104_disk5 >multi_disk_test |
Are the target numbers in the disk device names unique in the multiple-disk configuration file you created in the previous step?
If yes, stop, you're done.
If no, open the file with the text editor of your choice and make them unique.
If, for example, the file contains the same target number (t0) for different disk device names as shown here:
* /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2 partition map ... * /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2 partition map |
Change the second target number to t2, as shown here:
* /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2 partition map ... * /dev/rdsk/c0t2d0s2 partition map |
The following example shows how to create a single disk configuration file, 500_test, on an IA based system that contains a 500-Mbyte disk.
First, you save the output of the fdisk command to a file named 500_test:
# fdisk -R -W 500_test /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0p0 |
The 500_test file looks like this:
* /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0p0 default fdisk table * Dimensions: * 512 bytes/sector * 94 sectors/track * 15 tracks/cylinder * 1455 cylinders * * HBA Dimensions: * 512 bytes/sector * 94 sectors/track * 15 tracks/cylinder * 1455 cylinders * * systid: * 1: DOSOS12 * 2: PCIXOS * 4: DOSOS16 * 5: EXTDOS * 6: DOSBIG * 86: DOSDATA * 98: OTHEROS * 99: UNIXOS * 130: SUNIXOS * * Id Act Bhead Bsect Bcyl Ehead Esect Ecyl Rsect Numsect 130 128 44 3 0 46 30 1001 1410 2050140 |
Second, you append the output of the prtvtoc command to the 500_test file:
# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2 >>500_test |
The 500_test file is now a complete disk configuration file:
* /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0p0 default fdisk table * Dimensions: * 512 bytes/sector * 94 sectors/track * 15 tracks/cylinder * 1455 cylinders * * HBA Dimensions: * 512 bytes/sector * 94 sectors/track * 15 tracks/cylinder * 1455 cylinders * * systid: * 1: DOSOS12 * 2: PCIXOS * 4: DOSOS16 * 5: EXTDOS * 6: DOSBIG * 86: DOSDATA * 98: OTHEROS * 99: UNIXOS * 130: SUNIXOS * * Id Act Bhead Bsect Bcyl Ehead Esec Ecyl Rsect Numsect 130 128 44 3 0 46 30 1001 1410 2050140 * /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2 partition map * * Dimensions: * 512 bytes/sector * 94 sectors/track * 15 tracks/cylinder * 1110 sectors/cylinder * 1454 cylinders * 1452 accessible cylinders * * Flags: * 1: unmountable * 10: read-only * First Sector Last * Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory 2 5 01 1410 2045910 2047319 7 6 00 4230 2043090 2047319 /space 8 1 01 0 1410 1409 9 9 01 1410 2820 422987 |
You have completed creating disk configuration files for an IA based system. "Testing a Profile" contains information about using disk configuration files to test profiles.