This is a heads up to all users of the Live CD and the automated installer.
With the integration of 1777 Installer doesn't recognize logical volumes defined within extended partition 13034 Need extended partition support in the GUI It is now possible to install to logical partitions using either the liveCD or the automated installer. With this new functionality, you are still limited to a single Solaris partition, whether it is primary or logical. To access this functionality via the liveCD, the drop down menus on the disk screen have been enhanced to include extended and logical partitions. A logical partition can then be designated as a Solaris2 partition. To access this functionality via the automated installer you must modify the ai manifest by using the <ai_device_partitioning> field. See the following examples. Create an extended partition as in the following example: <ai_device_partitioning> <partition_action>create</partition_action> <partition_number>2</partition_number> <partition_size>max_size</partition_size> <partition_type>EXTDOS</partition_type> <element_name="partition_is_logical">false</element_name> </ai_device_partitioning> In this example above, you are creating an extended partition that will use all available space in partition number 2. Note ? For primary or extended partitions a legal partition number is 1-4. For logical partitions, a legal partition is 5-36. For the partition size, you can use the special value, max_size, for both an extended partition and for one logical partition. They will used up the remaining space. Create a logical partition as in the following example: ... <ai_device_partitioning> <partition_action>create</partition_action> <partition_number>5</partition_number> <partition_size>max_size</partition_size> <partition_type>191</partition_type> <element_name="partition_is_logical">true</element_name> </ai_device_partitioning> ... In this example above, you are creating a logical partition within the extended partition. The logical partition will use all available space in partition number 5. Jean McCormack
