How to attach new partition?

> Hello all.

> I install Solaris 10 06/06 onto HDD with WindowsXP

> installed(with preserving this existing

> windows-partiotion during installation, both OS's

> boots finely):

>

> My HDD - Seagate Barracuda SATA 80Gb

>

> There are list of partitions:

> 1. Windows NTFS 10GB

> 2. solaris root 8 Gb

> 3. solaris swap 2 Gb

What do you mean by "partition"? If you mean a Solaris VTOC slice, then windows NTFS wouldn't be in one.

If you mean an x86 primary partition, then all your Solaris data should be in only one partition.

> How i can use free space on my disk?

Solaris will only use the space in the Solaris partition.

> When i use format command i see solaris slices only:

Yes. 'fdisk' can modify the x86 partitions, but 'format' and other utilities only see the space in the Solaris partition.

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Darren

Darren_Dunham at 2007-7-7 2:50:38 >

Good question. Presumably if there is free space past the end of it, you could use 'fdisk' or a similar program to expand the Solaris partition.

However I'm not sure if there's a good way to get the Solaris VTOC to reflect the new space. The general method of doing this is to overwrite the label with a new one, then set the slices back to the old data. However that's a bit tricky (if even possible) with your root disk.

I don't know of any supported way of doing this. A dump/rebuild/restore may be the fastest way.

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Darren

Darren_Dunham at 2007-7-7 2:50:39 >