Frank,
The format utility is not technically correct because it refers to
slices as partitions. Check the output below.
We might describe that the "partition" menu is used to partition the
disk into slices, but all of format refers to partitions, not slices.
I agree with Brandon's explanation, but no amount of explanation
resolves the confusion for those unfamiliar with how we use the
same term to describe different disk components.
Cindy
format> p
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
expand - expand label to use whole disk
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
!<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return
quit
partition> p
Current partition table (original):
Total disk sectors available: 286722878 + 16384 (reserved sectors)
Part Tag Flag First Sector Size Last Sector
0 usr wm 256 136.72GB 286722911
1 unassigned wm 0 0 0
2 unassigned wm 0 0 0
3 unassigned wm 0 0 0
4 unassigned wm 0 0 0
5 unassigned wm 0 0 0
6 unassigned wm 0 0 0
8 reserved wm 286722912 8.00MB 286739295
partition>
On 06/04/10 15:43, Frank Cusack wrote:
On 6/4/10 11:46 AM -0700 Brandon High wrote:
Be aware that Solaris on x86 has two types of partitions. There are
fdisk partitions (c0t0d0p1, etc) which is what gparted, windows and
other tools will see. There are also Solaris partitions or slices
(c0t0d0s0). You can create or edit these with the 'format' command in
Solaris. These are created in an fdisk partition that is the SOLARIS2
type. So yeah, it's a partition table inside a partition table.
That's not correct, at least not technically. Solaris *slices* within
the Solaris fdisk partition, are not also known as partitions. They
are simply known as slices. By calling them "Solaris partitions or
slices" you are just adding confusion.
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