Antonio wrote: > I can mount those partitions well using ext2fs, so I assume I won't > need to run gparted at all. > > This is what prtpart says about my stuff. > > Kind regards, > Antonio > > root at antonio:~# prtpart /dev/rdsk/c3d0p0 -ldevs > > Fdisk information for device /dev/rdsk/c3d0p0 > > ** NOTE ** > /dev/dsk/c3d0p0 - Physical device referring to entire physical disk > /dev/dsk/c3d0p1 - p4 - Physical devices referring to the 4 primary > partitions > /dev/dsk/c3d0p5 ... - Virtual devices referring to logical partitions > > Virtual device names can be used to access EXT2 and NTFS on logical > partitions > > /dev/dsk/c3d0p1 Solaris x86 > /dev/dsk/c3d0p2 Solaris x86 > /dev/dsk/c3d0p3 Solaris x86 > /dev/dsk/c3d0p4 DOS Extended > /dev/dsk/c3d0p5 Linux native > /dev/dsk/c3d0p6 Linux native > /dev/dsk/c3d0p7 Linux native > /dev/dsk/c3d0p8 Linux native > /dev/dsk/c3d0p9 Linux swap > /dev/dsk/c3d0p10 Solaris x86 > Hi Antonio,
and what does 'zpool create' command say? $ pfexec zpool create test /dev/dsk/c3d0p5 or $ pfexec zpool create -f test /dev/dsk/c3d0p5 Regards, jh > > > Jan Hlodan escribi?: >> Hi Antonio, >> >> did you try to recreate this partition e.g. with Gparted? >> Maybe is something wrong with this partition. >> Can you also post what "prtpart "disk ID" -ldevs" says? >> >> Regards, >> >> Jan Hlodan >> >> Antonio wrote: >>> Hi Jan, >>> >>> I tried out what you say long ago, but zfs fails on pool creation. >>> >>> This is, when I issue the zpool create trunk /dev/dsk/c9d0p3 the >>> command fails saying that there's no such file or directory. And the >>> disk is correct!! >>> >>> What I think is that /dev/dsk/c9d0p3 is a symbolic name used by >>> FSWpart, and it's not a valid device name for zpool. >>> >>> Thanks anyway, >>> Antonio >>> >>> Jan Hlodan escribi?: >>>> Antonio wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> First of all let me say that, after a few days using it (and after >>>>> several *years* of using Linux daily), I'm delighted with >>>>> OpenSolaris 8.11. It's gonna be the OS of my choice. >>>>> >>>>> The fact is that I installed it in a partition of 16Gb in my hard >>>>> disk and that I'd like to add another partition to the system (I >>>>> have different partitions with Linux and Windows and some others). >>>>> >>>>> So the questions are: >>>>> >>>>> 1.- How do I add an existing partition to OpenSolaris? (Should I >>>>> change the partition type or something? Shall I "grow" ZFS or >>>>> shall I mount the extra partition somewhere else?) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> yes. You can create a new zpool from your free/spare partition. >>>> I had the same problem. I wanted to use Linux partition as a mirror. >>>> So here is how to: >>>> Follow this blog - >>>> http://blogs.sun.com/pradhap/entry/mount_ntfs_ext2_ext3_in >>>> * install FSWpart and FSWfsmisc >>>> * run prtpart (find out your disk ID) >>>> * figure out partitions ID: prtpart "disk ID" -ldevs >>>> * create zpool from linux partition e.g. zpool create trunk >>>> /dev/dsk/c9d0p3 >>>> * check it out: zpool list or zpool status >>>> >>>> >>>>> 2.- Would you please recommend a good introduction to >>>>> Solaris/OpenSolaris? I'm used to Linux and I'd like to get up to >>>>> speed with OpenSolaris. >>>>> >>>> sure, OpenSolaris Bible :) >>>> http://blogs.sun.com/observatory/entry/two_more_chapters_from_the >>>> >>>> Hope this helps, >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Jan Hlodan >>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance, >>>>> Antonio >>>>> >>>> >>
