--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solaris : Yet another Howto. http://www.via-rs.com.br/pessoais/leal msl@procergs.rs.gov.br Copyright (c) 2004 Marcelo Leal --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solaris 9 (x86) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adding a new disk to a Solaris 9 (x86) The caracter "#" is a indicative to shell prompt. Steps: 1- Attach your new HD Commands that your must execute (root user): First, we need configure the /devices directory... 2- # drvconfig The disks command is responsible to generate the entries in the /dev dir. 3- # disks After that, you must have the right /dev nodes to configure your new drive. You can use the "format" command to do that: 4- # format This command will scan your available disks and show you a list with some options. Ex: 0 to disk1, 1 to disk2 and so on... 5- Choose the new one (tip: c0d0 and c0d1 is the master and slave respectively, on the primary IDE controller, and c1d0, c1d1 for the secondary). Run the fdisk command to create the partitions. 6- > fdisk The partition command will make the slices in the Solaris partition. 7- > partition After edit the partitions, do not forget the swap one. 8- label; y; quit (twice). Now, you can make a ufs filesystem and enjoy. 9- # newfs /dev/rdk/c?d?s? that's all. ~