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System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

SPARC: Example—Creating Disk Slices and Labeling a System Disk

The following example shows the format utility being used to divide a 1-Gbyte disk into three slices: one slice for the root (/) file system, one slice for the swap area, and one slice for the /usr file system. 


# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
   0. c0t1d0 <SUN1.05 cyl 2036 alt 2 hd 14 sec 72>
      /iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@1,0
   1. c0t3d0 <SUN1.05 cyl 2036 alt 2 hd 14 sec 72>
      /iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@3,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 0
selecting c0t1d0
[disk formatted]
format> partition
partition> print
partition> modify
Select partitioning base:
	0. Current partition table (original)
	1. All Free Hog
Choose base (enter number) [0]? 1
 
Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders        Size            Blocks
  0       root    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  1       swap    wu       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  2     backup    wu       0 - 2035     1002.09MB    (2036/0/0) 2052288
  3 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  4 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  5 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  6        usr    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  7 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
Do you wish to continue creating a new partition
table based on above table[yes]? yes
Free Hog partition[6]? 6
Enter size of partition `0' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb]: 200mb
Enter size of partition `1' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb]: 200mb
Enter size of partition `3' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb]:
Enter size of partition `4' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb]:
Enter size of partition `6' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb]:
Enter size of partition `7' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb]:
 
 Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders        Size            Blocks
  0       root    wm       0 -  406      200.32MB    (407/0/0)   410256
  1       swap    wu     407 -  813      200.32MB    (407/0/0)   410256
  2     backup    wu       0 - 2035     1002.09MB    (2036/0/0) 2052288
  3 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  4 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  5 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
  6        usr    wm     814 - 2035      601.45MB    (1222/0/0) 1231776
  7 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)          0
 
Okay to make this the current partition table[yes]? yes
Enter table name (remember quotes): "disk0"
Ready to label disk, continue? yes
partition> quit
format> verify
format> quit