format probelm - Warning: Non-contiguous partition (0) in table.
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From: David Kirkby on 24 Oct 2009 12:11 I installed Solaris 10 3/2005 on a Sun Netra T1 (I had reasons for wanting to do this with the first release of Solaris 10). I did not allocate all the disk space, thinking I'd leave some left so I could create a zfs pool. (I'd forgotten that ZFS was not intreduced until more recently. So I thought I'd modify the partition table. I 1) Booted into single user mode with a CD-ROM 2) # format 3) Select disk and print partion information. partition> print Volume: foobar Current partition table (original): Total disk cylinders available: 65533 + 2 (reserved cylinders) Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks 0 root wm 958 - 10309 19.53GB (9352/0/0) 40961760 1 swap wu 0 - 957 2.00GB (958/0/0) 4196040 2 backup wm 0 - 65532 136.87GB (65533/0/0) 287034540 3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0 4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0 5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0 6 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0 7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0 Now when I try to modify this, it tells me Non-contiguous is non- contiguous and partion 1 is overlapping. To my eyes, the oboves shows neither. Select partitioning base: 0. Current partition table (original) 1. All Free Hog Choose base (enter number) [0]? Warning: Non-contiguous partition (0) in table. Warning: Overlapping partition (1) in table. Warning: Fix, or select a different partition table. partition> I wish to add a couple of more slices, to put file systems on. Any idea how I can do it? Dave
From: Dave on 25 Oct 2009 03:58 David Kirkby wrote: > I installed Solaris 10 3/2005 on a Sun Netra T1 (I had reasons for > wanting to do this with the first release of Solaris 10). > > I did not allocate all the disk space, thinking I'd leave some left so > I could create a zfs pool. (I'd forgotten that ZFS was not intreduced > until more recently. So I thought I'd modify the partition table. I > > 1) Booted into single user mode with a CD-ROM > 2) > # format > 3) Select disk and print partion information. > I should have stated, I booted from the CD into single-user mode, so there were no mounted partitions. -- I respectfully request that this message is not archived by companies as unscrupulous as 'Experts Exchange' . In case you are unaware, 'Experts Exchange' take questions posted on the web and try to find idiots stupid enough to pay for the answers, which were posted freely by others. They are leeches.
From: ITguy on 25 Oct 2009 10:57 > I wish to add a couple of more slices, to put file systems on. Any > idea how I can do it? I don't see a problem with the disk layout either, but here's a way you can modify it: Boot into your Solaris 3/05 install and dump the vtoc of the disk to a file: # prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/cXtXdXs2 > tmpfile Modify the disk slices as desired in tmpfile using any text editor - careful not to modify currently used slices - then apply the tmpfile to the disk: # fmthard -s tmpfile /dev/rdsk/cXtXdXs2
From: Oscar del Rio on 25 Oct 2009 14:42 David Kirkby wrote: > Now when I try to modify this, it tells me Non-contiguous is non- > contiguous and partion 1 is overlapping. To my eyes, the oboves shows > neither. > > Select partitioning base: > 0. Current partition table (original) > 1. All Free Hog > Choose base (enter number) [0]? > Warning: Non-contiguous partition (0) in table. > Warning: Overlapping partition (1) in table. > Warning: Fix, or select a different partition table. > partition> Don't know what might be causing that error, but you can try editing each slice separately, with "0", "1", "2" etc instead of using "modify". Just be careful when defining the start/end cylinders, etc.
From: David Kirkby on 26 Oct 2009 14:57
On Oct 25, 6:42 pm, Oscar del Rio <del...(a)mie.utoronto.ca> wrote: > David Kirkby wrote: > > Now when I try to modify this, it tells me Non-contiguous is non- > > contiguous and partion 1 is overlapping. To my eyes, the oboves shows > > neither. > > > Select partitioning base: > > 0. Current partition table (original) > > 1. All Free Hog > > Choose base (enter number) [0]? > > Warning: Non-contiguous partition (0) in table. > > Warning: Overlapping partition (1) in table. > > Warning: Fix, or select a different partition table. > > partition> > > Don't know what might be causing that error, but you can try editing > each slice separately, with "0", "1", "2" etc instead of using "modify". > Just be careful when defining the start/end cylinders, etc. I'm never sure how one can save that though. Sure one can do it, then hit 'save' where I think something gets saved to format.dat. But when you run format again, all changes have gone. Dave |