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Old 11-21-2008
using fdisk

how do i know my disk partion using fdisk
# 2  
Old 11-21-2008
You need to read up about how to use the fdisk utility. Do "man fdisk". If man pages are not installed on your system, they can be accessed at docs.sun.com.
# 3  
Old 11-21-2008
The fdisk manual page is unfortunately lacking examples that would help answering this simple question. Here are sample fdisk commands:

Code:
fdisk -v -W - /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0

Code:
echo 6 | fdisk /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0

# 4  
Old 11-21-2008
Thanks jlliagre, As described in your response i tried but got the following error.

Code:
# fdisk -v -W - /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0
fdisk: Cannot stat device /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0.
# echo 6 | fdisk /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0
fdisk: Cannot stat device /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0.

Pls can someone help looks into this
# 5  
Old 11-22-2008
You obviously need to adjust the device name to the one you use.
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