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AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0d1 <DEFAULT cyl 4862 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
/pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@0/cmdk@1,0
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Now my question is that I have only one single IDE harddisk and IDE CD-ROM drive, why is /dev/dsk directory showing so many disks and slices? I had Solaris 10 automatically partition my harddisk during the installation with ZFS. s1, s2... sx, mean slices or partitions, then what does p1,p2..px mean? Please don't get mad at me, I am a novice and in the process of learning.
And one more thing, I have just purchased the book titled, "Solaris 10: The complete Reference 2005, by McGraw Hill". Here is a paragraph from the book which says.
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Disk Partitions
If you consent to using fdisk, you will see a screen similar to the foll
Total disk size is 2048 cylinders
Cylinder size is 4032 (512 byte) blocks
Cylinders
Partition Status Type Start End Length %
========= ====== ==== ===== ==== ====== ===
1 UNIX 0 1023 1024 50
2 DOS 1024 2047 1024 50
SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Create a partition
2. Specify the active partition
3. Delete a partition
4. Exit (update disk configuration and exit)
5. Cancel (exit without updating disk configuration)
Enter Selection:
I didn't face such a thing about Fdisk during the installation of Solaris 10, what is this book talking about then?
Now my question is that I have only one single IDE harddisk and IDE CD-ROM drive, why is /dev/dsk directory showing so many disks and slices?
It shows two disks, which is what you have, and either used or potential partitions and slices.
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s1, s2... sx, mean slices or partitions, then what does p1,p2..px mean?
Slices and partitions aren't interchangeable terms. s0, s1, ..., s15 means slice, i.e. kind of logical partitions used by Solaris and *BSDs (where they are called partitions). You can have up to 16 on x86, they all appear here.
p0 means the whole disk
p1 to p4 means the four BIOS primary partition.
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I didn't face such a thing about Fdisk during the installation of Solaris 10, what is this book talking about then?
You answered your own question here:
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I had Solaris 10 automatically partition my harddisk during the installation with ZFS.
As you choose to have the installer partition your disk, you weren't presented that menu.
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