I am in the process of installing Nevada build 46. Because of my existing disk layout, I want to install it in the primary partition where JDS-Linux used to be. (Who needs JDS-Linux anymore?)
My current partitioning looks like this: Part 0 Windows 0-7805 Primary Part 1 JDS-Linux 7806-14048 Primary Part 2 Solaris 10 currently installed 14049-26240 Primary Extended FAT32 data 26241-end Extended partition. I want to install NV46 in the JDS-Linux partition. Solaris installer does not like have two Solaris primary partitions on the same disk. When using Solaris partitioning the GUI, I can change the current "Solaris" partion to "PriDOS" and then change the JDS partition to "Solaris" and set the proper size. At the final "Ready to Install" screen, the installer reports that it will delete my current partition and create a PRIDOS partition in its place. This leads to my questions. 1. Will this action actually smash my data or simply re-label the existing Solaris partition to PRIDOS (assuming the start and end cylinders are identical) 2. If my data is preserved, will GRUB be able to boot the solaris in Partition 1 as well as the Solaris in partition 2? 3. Will I need to re-label partition 2 with the "Solaris 2" label? If so, with which tool? fdisk? I'm dying to hit the "Install Now" button, but terrified of re-building my currently installed (and working) OS. (PS: as a result of this exersize, I learned that if you delete part 1 and recreate it in the same place, it gets a higher number and part 2 becomes part 1. This tends to upset grub as well as vfstab mount entries. -- <http://www.sun.com/solaris> * Jim Laurent * Architect Phone x24859/+1 703 204 4859 Mobile 703-624-7000 Fax 703-208-5858 Email Jim.Laurent at Sun.COM <mailto:jim.laurent at sun.com> <mailto:jim.laurent at sun.com> *Sun Microsystems, Inc.* <http://www.sun.com> 7900 Westpark Dr, A110 McLean, VA 22102 US -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/install-discuss/attachments/20060822/9f34af26/attachment.html>
