System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

x86: Disks With Direct Controllers

To specify a slice on a disk with an IDE controller on an IA based system, follow the naming convention shown in the following figure.

Figure 29–3 IA: Disks with Direct Controllers

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To indicate the entire Solaris fdisk partition, specify slice 2 (s2).

If you have only one controller on your system, w is usually 0.