Shawn Walker wrote: >> Shawn Walker wrote: >>> I have had an unfortunate experience with >> installing SXCR SNV44 >>> (never had this problem with any version prior to >> SXCR SNV44). Sorry to hear this happened. It shouldn't, obviously. >> >> >> Had you attempted to change the partition layout on any of the >> previous installations? Disk geometry is a very tricky area, and >> often different OS's will disagree, so you can easily end up with >> corruption. Usually, if I have to make changes, I use tools from >> one of the already-installed OS's, on the likelihood that an OS is >> most likely to agree with itself in this respect. What OS had you >> used to create the previous layout? If you'd done the previous >> layout with Ubuntu, you might try bringing up Knoppix or one of the >> other Linux rescue CD's and see if you can restore some sanity that >> way. > > I have good news. I was able to use Partition Table Disk Doctor > (www.ptdd.com)'s bootable ISO to boot and fix my partition table. I > did lose my Solaris partition in the process (it didn't recognise > it), but I have my Windows and Ubuntu partition back (which is what I > really care about admittedly at the moment). I can highly recommend > this product to anyone that experiences a similar disaster. >
That's good to hear. > So, what is the *safest* way to create a partition for Solaris > without it going gonzo over me having a Linux swap partition already > existing, etc? > My primary suggestion is to use ptdd or something else which correctly understand the current partition table to create a Solaris2 (0xbf) partition, which we should use in preference to a Solaris (aka Linux swap) partition. You may need to fool around with it a couple of times to get a starting cylinder which Solaris can be happy with. The other thing I suggest to people starting from scratch who want to have Linux as well as Solaris is to put the all of the Linux partitions inside an extended partition. Since Solaris doesn't grok those right now, anyway, you'll greatly limit the likelihood of placing something where it shouldn't be. I will note that we do have people working on the disk geometry issues. I hope they'll get that project out onto OpenSolaris soon. Certainly, as we work on updating the installer we're going to be looking to the community to help us beat this issue into submission. Dave
