x86: How to Connect a Secondary Disk and Boot

Steps

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

2. If the disk is unsupported by the Solaris software, add the device driver for the disk by following the instructions included with the hardware.

3. Create the /reconfigure file that will be read when the system is booted.

   # touch /reconfigure

   The /reconfigure file causes the SunOS software to check for the presence of any newly installed peripheral devices when you power on or boot your system later.

4. Shut down the system.

   # shutdown -i0 -gn -y

   -i0

   Brings the system down to run level 0, the power-down state.

   -gn

   Notifies logged-in users that they have n seconds before the system begins to shut down.

   -y

   Specifies that the command should run without user intervention.

   The Type any key to continue prompt is displayed.

5. Turn off the power to the system and all external peripheral devices.

6. Make sure that the disk you are adding has a different target number than the other devices on the system.

   You will often find a small switch located at the back of the disk for this purpose.

7. Connect the disk to the system and check the physical connections.

   Refer to the disk's hardware installation guide for installation details.

8. Turn on the power to all external peripherals.

9. Turn on the power to the system.

   The system boots and displays the login prompt.

See Also

After you boot the system, you can create an fdisk partition. Go to x86: How to Create a Solaris fdisk Partition.