How to Access Space on a large Hard Drive (Solaris 10 Running)/

Good morning everyone,
I have looked back a year on this forum and on hardware forums and I don't see this topic covered.
Recently I installed Solaris 10 on a Sun Blade 150. Not being very smart, I accepted the default settings. The computer only sees about 1/3 of the hard drive. Some mentioned that Zones would let me see and use the rest of the hard drive. And the person mentioned that I could reinstall Solaris 10. I rather not do that, because I have done this three times already to solve other issues and the last effort required a lot of work to be able to see the Internet again.
So what could I do to gain access to the rest of my hard drive?
Thank you,
Fred Strickland

Good afternoon Sparcy and others,
I am not home in front of my Sun Blade 150, but I have been doing some reading. It is not clear to me if the provided information works for a client or home networked computer. For example, I am reading the System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems, Chapter 10, page 205 and following. I am unclear if the partitioning command is able to see the entire hard drive or not. And I am unclear if using the command would destroy what I have already placed on the hard drive.
I tried to read and understand the following links, but I have come away more confused than before I started. I am not even sure if Zones will be the final answer.
Help!
Thank you,
Fred
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5097926&messageID=9336522
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5112629&messageID=9382927
http://www.utahsysadmin.com/2008/02/07/adding-a-hard-drive-to-solaris-10/
http://unixadmintalk.com/f4/partition-order-solaris-10-a-23738/
http://www.partnersforever.net/computer_help/viewtopic9193.html
http://www.codefund.net/512/solaris-10-1106-install-how-to-slicepartition-mounted-disks-5120037.shtm
http://www.hccfl.edu/pollock/AUnix1/SolarisPartitioning.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=mllDyJZkGMQC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=solaris+10+partition&source=web&ots=bj7e5UiDZk&sig=xdhAK4o7mFzL_fMaucvAJtmvoPs#PPR22,M1
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sun-server-l/how-to-alter-the-root-partition-size-1678414
http://www.blastwave.org/docs/step-063.html
http://vegdave.wordpress.com/category/partition/

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