Title : Adding New Hard Disk Os : Unix Distro : Solaris 9 x86 URL : http:// Solaris 9 x86 Disk Controller Table IDE /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0~7Primary IDE Master /dev/rdsk/c0d1s0~7Primary IDE Slave /dev/rdsk/c1d0s0~7Secondary IDE Master /dev/rdsk/c1d1s0~7Secondary IDE Slave SCSI /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0~7First SCSI ?No 0 ? Disk Drive /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0~7First SCSI ?No 1 ? Disk Drive /dev/rdsk/c0t2d0s0~7First SCSI ?No 2 ? Disk Drive /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s0~7First SCSI ?No 3 ? Disk Drive /dev/rdsk/c0t4d0s0~7First SCSI ?No 4 ? Disk Drive /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s0~7First SCSI ?No 5 ? Disk Drive /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s0~7First SCSI ?No 6 ? Disk Drive /dev/rdsk/c0t7d0s0~7First SCSI ?No 7 ? Disk Drive After Putting In New HDD Login as root. # drvconfig ( configure the /devices directory ) # disks ( creates /dev entries for hard disks attached to the system ) # format Searching for disks...done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c0d0 /pci@0,0/pci-ide@7,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0 1. c1t6d0 /pci@0,0/pci9004,8178@f/sd@6,0 Specify disk (enter its number): ** Select Your New Drive ** AVAILABLE DRIVE TYPES: 0. other 1. default Specify disk type (enter its number): **Select One ** format>fdisk No fdisk table exists. The default partition for the disk is: a 100% "SOLARIS System" partition Type "y" to accept the default partition, otherwise type "n" to edit the partition table. y WARNING: Solaris fdisk partition changed - Please relabel the disk format>fdisk Select the partition type to create: 1=SOLARIS2=UNIX3=PCIXOS4=Other 5=DOS126=DOS167=DOSEXT8=DOSBIG 9=DOS16LBAA=x86 BootB=DiagnosticC=FAT32 D=FAT32LBAE=DOSEXTLBA0=Exit? 1 Specify the percentage of disk to use for this partition (or type "c" to specify the size in cylinders). 100 Should this become the active partition? If yes, it will be activated each time the computer is reset or turned on. Please type "y" or "n". n WARNING: Solaris fdisk partition changed - Please relabel the disk format> partition PARTITION MENU: 0 - change `0' partition 1 - change `1' partition 2 - change `2' partition 3 - change `3' partition 4 - change `4' partition 5 - change `5' partition 6 - change `6' partition 7 - change `7' partition select - select a predefined table modify - modify a predefined partition table name - name the current table print - display the current table label - write partition map and label to the disk ! - execute , then return quit partition> print Current partition table (cyl): Total disk cylinders available: 25229 + 2 (reserved cylinders) partition> **Edit Part 0** partition> print partition> label Ready to label disk, continue? y partition> quit format> label Ready to label disk, continue? y format> quit # newfs /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0 # mkdir /mnt/newhdd # echo "/dev/dsk/c0d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0 /mnt/newhd ufs 1 yes -" >> vfstab # touch /reconfigure
Re: Adding New Hard Disk
A perfect guide to Solaris partitioning.
Note: for Solaris 8 (Sparc) seems, there is no option "format>fdisk". I was using just "format>partition".
Made easy
Nice blog - made my hard disk admin learning curve a lot less steep
:)
Thankyou!
dave.
no problem :)
Thanx For reading.
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AWESOME
This might be the best step-by-step guide for adding a new HD to solaris 9 x86 that i've seen.
THANK YOU
JULIO V.
You rock
I struggled for an hour trying to get a new hd to work properly in solaris. After finding your site it took 15min. Awsome!
thnx
rick
On more thank you
A real timesaver... thanks again
I get great help from youe pa
I get great help from youe page. But what i can do is to say thank u.
adding HDD
To say that you are a lifesaver is an understatement
You have saved me much time and frustration. I am pretty new to the UNIX field, and found that you directions were perfect, even for my Solaris 10 x86 box.
Thanks
errors
Hello I followed all the step and when issue the
newfs /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0
I get
# newfs /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0
newfs: /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0 last mounted as /
newfs: construct a new file system /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0: (y/n)? y
/dev/dsk/c0d0s0 is mounted, can't mkfs
what can i do to resolve this, any hints ,,,,for you that can see..Im not a really unixer;)
cheers
Lars
sorry i saw the
sorry i saw the problem.
Lars
**Edit Part 0**
Greate, except for the "**Edit Part 0**" bit ....
adding a 2 TB disk
I have a RAID0 array of 2.1 TB.
OS: Sun 10 x86
It gives the following error:
"WARNING: /pci@0/pci8086/..../sd@6,0 (sd7) disk capacity is too large for current cbd length"
Is there any way I can format this hard drive ?
Thanks for this great guide!
awesome
..simple and to the point. thanks a lot.