Dskpart 1.1 --- a tool for manipulating disk slices on Solaris/x86 Solairs/x86 supports 16 slices in the Solaris partition. However /usr/sbin/format only allows you to manipulate the slices 0 through 7. This tool provides a way to handle all the slices in the manner of PARTITION MENU of /usr/sbin/format. Dskpart is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License Version 2, and there is absolutely no warranty for this tool. See the file COPYING for the details. Hiroshi NAKANO nakano@math.ryukoku.ac.jp ****************************************************************** Usage: dskpart raw-device Example: # dskpart /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0 PARTITION MENU: 0 .. 15 - change the partition help - show this message print - display the current table label - write partition map and label to the disk quit - quit without modifying the disk label partition> p # /dev/rdsk/c0d0 : DEFAULT cyl 18366 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63 # ncyl = 18366, acyl = 2, nhead = 16, nsect = 63 # Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks 0 root wm 3 - 5488 2.64GB (5486/0/0) 5529888 1 swap wu 5489 - 7926 1.17GB (2438/0/0) 2457504 2 backup wu 0 - 18365 8.83GB (18366/0/0) 18512928 3 var wm 7927 - 10364 1.17GB (2438/0/0) 2457504 4 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 5 usr wm 10365 - 12444 1023.75MB (2080/0/0) 2096640 6 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 7 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 8 boot wu 0 - 0 0.49MB (1/0/0) 1008 9 alternates wm 1 - 2 0.98MB (2/0/0) 2016 10 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 11 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 12 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 13 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 14 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 15 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 partition> 15 # Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks 15 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 Enter partition id tag[unassigned]: home Enter partition permission flags[wm]: wm Enter new starting cyl[0]: 12445 Enter partition size[0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]: 5921c partition> p # /dev/rdsk/c0d0 : DEFAULT cyl 18366 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63 # ncyl = 18366, acyl = 2, nhead = 16, nsect = 63 # Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks 0 root wm 3 - 5488 2.64GB (5486/0/0) 5529888 1 swap wu 5489 - 7926 1.17GB (2438/0/0) 2457504 2 backup wu 0 - 18365 8.83GB (18366/0/0) 18512928 3 var wm 7927 - 10364 1.17GB (2438/0/0) 2457504 4 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 5 usr wm 10365 - 12444 1023.75MB (2080/0/0) 2096640 6 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 7 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 8 boot wu 0 - 0 0.49MB (1/0/0) 1008 9 alternates wm 1 - 2 0.98MB (2/0/0) 2016 10 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 11 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 12 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 13 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 14 unassigned wm 0 - 0 0.00MB (0/0/0) 0 15 home wm 12445 - 18365 2.85GB (5921/0/0) 5968368 partition> label Ready to label disk, continue? y partition> q