Solaris

i Have alloted 20G in my vmware for solaris 10, upon installation, and some distribution of disk space to /,/opt,swap i just use 19G.

Can i still use the 1G? How? how to see the 1G? that i did not use? how can i use it?

appreciate your responce

Hi,

By using format command, create a slice of 1 GB. Mount it somewhere and start using. You will only be able to create the slice of 1 GB if you are having that much free space.

Please let us know if it doesn't resolve.

Thanks,
Deepak

after i use format,partition,label,quit,quit

then i run fsck -y to / and to the newly created partition.
then i reboot

then this is the result

GRUB

my box doesnt boot up anymore

I doubt there is 1 GB unallocated. It's likely either rounding errors or GB vs GiB.

How did you determine that your usable space in only 19G?.. Which cylinders spans "unused" 1G?.. The space, you've just formatted maybe had stored some system information...

ok, since i was stuck in GRUB, after i reboot the system. I reinstall again.
then i intent to use 25G, then i just use 20G of it.

so there is still 5G right??
then format,partition, etc..
then i mounted the 5G to new mount point..

then when you df -k,its all their..you can also write to the new file system..
but the problem is,, when i reboot the server, i was stuck in GRUB?

GRUB


doesnt boot up anymore...why is that

It would help if you provide precise information about what exactly you did and how.