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Oracle Solaris Administration: Devices and File Systems Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
1. Managing Removable Media (Overview)
2. Managing Removable Media (Tasks)
3. Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)
4. Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)
5. Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)
6. Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)
7. Using USB Devices (Overview)
9. Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)
11. Administering Disks (Tasks)
12. SPARC: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)
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
14. Configuring Storage Devices With COMSTAR
15. Configuring and Managing the Oracle Solaris Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)
16. The format Utility (Reference)
17. Managing File Systems (Overview)
18. Creating and Mounting File Systems (Tasks)
19. Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)
20. Copying Files and File Systems (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 10, Managing Disks (Overview). For step-by-step instructions on setting up disks on a SPARC based system, see Chapter 12, SPARC: Setting Up Disks (Tasks).