From above, it is obvious that i have only use 74% of my hard drive. I am trying to create a new partition that my solaris 10 x86-64 will be able to us as backup. i was thinking the following step of command will be appropriate
pls can someone advice if this is the right thing to do as i am a newbie.
I would like to install Redhat 7.2 on my Windows machine. I only have one hard drive and I dont want to lose Windows. Which method is best for partitioning the HD?
I tried it once with Partition Magic and I was installing Corel Linux First Edition and Corel wiped out my entire HD (not good when... (2 Replies)
Hello,
To run UNIX, can the hard disk be partitioned so I could use that part for UNIX and the other for my existing Windows '98? At the moment there are hard drives C: & D:. Also, where can I obtain the UNIX software?.....Your response is appreciated. (2 Replies)
Dear Sun gurus,
I have Sun Fire V240 server with its StorEdge 3300 disk-array. Following are its disks appeared in format command. I have prepared its partitions thru format and metainit & metattach (may be i have made wrong steps, causing the errors below because I have done thru some document... (1 Reply)
Hello!
I need to write partitioning script wich would work in rescue mode. It will prepare partitions and unpack linux on it. However I need to calculate whole size of the disk and create:
/dev/sda1 --> One big partition (minus (2*size of memory) for swap)
/dev/sda2 --> Swap partition... (1 Reply)
Hi all
I'm having difficulty setting up a proper disk structure on a 72GB HDD. The drive was previously part of a zfs pool. The zpool has ben destroyed and now I want to use the disk in a raid 5 array. I need to partition the disk accordingly though.
This is what the partition table currently... (7 Replies)
I'm new to Linux 5, going through initial phases of installation and setting up devices, etc,, and much to my surprise discovered also an existence of a 2nd hard drive to try to initialize and partition perhaps using any built-in command i.e. "fdisk" or similar, but I couldn't get the command to... (4 Replies)
Hi folks,
Ubuntu 10.04-1 64-bit
HD - 1T SATA3
I ran graphic installation installing Ubuntu-10.04-1 desktop from Live CD
The partition on the new HD is as follow;
/root
/home
/kvm
(kvm is for keeping the guests of KVM, the virtualizer)
Installion went through without problem abd... (0 Replies)
Hi Everyone,
I have added new Virtual disk to OS. The main point is I need to bring this whole Disk into LVM control, is it necessary to partition the disk using fdisk command and assign partition type as '8e', or can I directly add that disk into LVM, by running pvcreate command with out... (2 Replies)
I m not sure if this is a right question to ask .
During the installation of the OS, installation sw does partitioning for you.
I m not quit sure if they have used parted or fdisk to partition the disk.
(If they are using fdisk then you can't make partition > 2Tb )correct me if i m wrong.Also... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: pinga123
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LEARN ABOUT BSD
disktab
DISKTAB(5) File Formats Manual DISKTAB(5)NAME
disktab - disk description file
SYNOPSIS
#include <disktab.h>
DESCRIPTION
Disktab is a simple date base which describes disk geometries and disk partition characteristics. The format is patterned after the term-
cap(5) terminal data base. Entries in disktab consist of a number of `:' separated fields. The first entry for each disk gives the names
which are known for the disk, separated by `|' characters. The last name given should be a long name fully identifying the disk.
The following list indicates the normal values stored for each disk entry.
Name Type Description
ns num Number of sectors per track
nt num Number of tracks per cylinder
nc num Total number of cylinders on the disk
b0 str Filename of block zero primary bootstrap for device
ba num Block size for partition `a' (bytes)
bd num Block size for partition `d' (bytes)
be num Block size for partition `e' (bytes)
bf num Block size for partition `f' (bytes)
bg num Block size for partition `g' (bytes)
bh num Block size for partition `h' (bytes)
fa num Fragment size for partition `a' (bytes)
fd num Fragment size for partition `d' (bytes)
fe num Fragment size for partition `e' (bytes)
ff num Fragment size for partition `f' (bytes)
fg num Fragment size for partition `g' (bytes)
fh num Fragment size for partition `h' (bytes)
pa num Size of partition `a' in sectors
pb num Size of partition `b' in sectors
pc num Size of partition `c' in sectors
pd num Size of partition `d' in sectors
pe num Size of partition `e' in sectors
pf num Size of partition `f' in sectors
pg num Size of partition `g' in sectors
ph num Size of partition `h' in sectors
se num Sector size in bytes (default 512)
sf bool supports bad144-style bad sector forwarding
so bool partition offsets in sectors
ty str Type of disk (e.g. removable, winchester)
Disktab entries may be automatically generated with the diskpart program.
FILES
/etc/disktab
SEE ALSO newfs(8), diskpart(8), getdiskbyname(3)BUGS
This file shouldn't exist, the information should be stored on each disk pack.
4.2 Berkeley Distribution May 17, 1986 DISKTAB(5)