How to partition disk in Solaris 11

Dear All,
Solaris newby question: I started the live CD of Solaris 11 11/11 in VBox 4.1.4 (host is 64 bit Ubuntu 10.04.3 with 8 GB of RAM) and hit the 'Install' button.
Question, how do I format my 30 GB VBox disk so that I have 4 GB of SWAP, 8 GB for OS, and the rest as /u01/opt/ for a future Oracle DB installation?
The GUI allows 'Solaris2' and 'Extended' ...
Thanks, Peter

Hi Bob,
thanks for the hint, I'm installing right now and checked the 'whole disk' setting.
Would you mind and let me know the ZFS commands to change the partitions, especially SWAP (4G) and '/u01/opt' with all remaining storage?
I wonder if the VBox guest additions in 4.1.4. will work with Solaris11 ...
Kind regards, Peter

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SaravananMandala

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I don't know if it works, I only used it to also resize some logical volume inside the partition. ntfs resize tool might not be easy to work with, you will need to read its documentation, but it does resize NTFS partitions (I have seen it).
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Host OS: Windows Vista
Gues OS: Solaris 10 64x UFS filesystem
VMware Workstation: Ver 6:00
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3)
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Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 2607 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
/pci@0,0/pci-ide@7,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0
1. c2t0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 2607 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
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PARTITION MENU:
0 - change `0' partition
1 - change `1' partition
2 - change `2' partition
3 - change `3' partition
4 - change `4' partition
5 - change `5' partition
6 - change `6' partition
7 - change `7' partition
select - select a predefined table
modify - modify a predefined partition table
name - name the current table
print - display the current table
label - write partition map and label to the disk
!<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return
quit
partition> p
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 2607 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
1 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
2 backup wu 0 - 2606 19.97GB (2607/0/0) 41881455
3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
6 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
8 boot wu 0 - 0 7.84MB (1/0/0) 16065
9 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
5)
partition> 0
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
Enter partition id tag[unassigned]:
Enter partition permission flags[wm]:
Enter new starting cyl[0]: 3
Enter partition size[0b, 0c, 3e, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]: 2604c
partition> p
Current partition table (unnamed):
Total disk cylinders available: 2607 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 unassigned wm 3 - 2606 19.95GB (2604/0/0) 41833260
1 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
2 backup wu 0 - 2606 19.97GB (2607/0/0) 41881455
3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
6 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
8 boot wu 0 - 0 7.84MB (1/0/0) 16065
9 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
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Ready to label disk, continue? y
partition> q
format> q
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*# newfs /dev/dsk/c0d0s2*
newfs: construct a new file system /dev/rdsk/c0d0s2: (y/n)? y
Warning: inode blocks/cyl group (431) >= data blocks (246) in last
cylinder group. This implies 3950 sector(s) cannot be allocated.
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s2: 41877504 sectors in 6816 cylinders of 48 tracks, 128 sectors
20448.0MB in 426 cyl groups (16 c/g, 48.00MB/g, 5824 i/g)
super-block backups (for fsck -F ufs -o b=#) at:
32, 98464, 196896, 295328, 393760, 492192, 590624, 689056, 787488, 885920,
Initializing cylinder groups:
super-block backups for last 10 cylinder groups at:
40898592, 40997024, 41095456, 41193888, 41292320, 41390752, 41489184,
41587616, 41686048, 41784480
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*# mountall*
mount: /tmp is already mounted or swap is busy
mount: /dev/dsk/c0d0s7 is already mounted or /export/home is busy
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*# df -h*
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c0d0s0 6.9G 5.6G 1.2G 83% /
/devices 0K 0K 0K 0% /devices
ctfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/contract
proc 0K 0K 0K 0% /proc
mnttab 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/mnttab
swap 1.1G 968K 1.1G 1% /etc/svc/volatile
objfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/object
sharefs 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/dfs/sharetab
fd 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev/fd
swap 1.1G 40K 1.1G 1% /tmp
swap 1.1G 28K 1.1G 1% /var/run
/dev/dsk/c0d0s7 12G 1.5G 11G 13% /export/home
Where am i going wrong? I dont see new mount for 20GB new disk that i created?
Please advice/help
Thanks!

Thanks for your response but still no luck??
# vi vfstab
"vfstab" 13 lines, 457 characters
#device device mount FS fsck mount mount
#to mount to fsck point type pass at boot options
fd - /dev/fd fd - no -
/proc - /proc proc - no -
/dev/dsk/c0d0s1 - - swap - no -
/dev/dsk/c0d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0 / ufs 1 no -
*/dev/dsk/c0d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s2 /u01 ufs 1 yes -*
/dev/dsk/c0d0s7 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s7 /export/home ufs 2 yes
/devices - /devices devfs - no -
sharefs - /etc/dfs/sharetab sharefs - no -
ctfs - /system/contract ctfs - no -
objfs - /system/object objfs - no -
swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes -
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i appreciate your help ..
thanx

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Just recently bought a new macbook pro 13 this week end. Don't have the Mac Os X disks. Would like to know how to partition HD in 2.
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run command with the full path for the drive
print what you have, just to make sure it's not being used
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How long does the 'partitioning disk' setup of Bootcamp take?
I have left it for over an hour and still nothing seems to be happening.
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setup: I have a 2nd internal HD on my Mac Pro - which I select in Bootcamp, then 'create a second partition for windows', and I give it 32GB, then its stays on 'partitioning drive'...and nothing.
Should I use disk utililty to partition the HD? Any work arounds?

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usually the BootCamp Assistant is quite fast with doing the partitioning.
Check with Disk Utility to see if that 2nd drive is set for the GUID partition table and also if the OSX partition on it is set to Mac OS Extended (journaled).
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I want to remove bootcamp from my mac. When i click restore and it say Status:Partitioning disk and look like it stuck. I wait for it about one night but it still stuck. How can I do?

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Hi bliss!
Why not take this opportunity to upgrade the iBook to a newer version of OS X?
Tiger is available for purchase at The Apple Store (U.S.).
Panther, is no longer available directly from the Apple Online Store, as Tiger 10.4.x is the most up to date OS.
If you know what to look for, a Full Retail Version, of the Panther Install CDs, or a Full Retail Version, of the Tiger Install DVD, can also be purchased rather inexpensively, at some online Apple retailers, Amazon, Panther On eBay, FastMac, etc.
Be sure not to purchase grey, upgrade or machine specific CDs or DVDs.
Panther is only on CDs, not DVDs.
The discs should look exactly like the images in the above links, and not say Upgrade, CPU Drop-in DVD, or "This software is part of a hardware bundle purchase - not to be sold seperately." on them.
Additional info in these links.
Using OS X Install CDs/DVDs On Multiple Macs
What's A Computer Specific Mac OS X Release
Software Update, Upgrade: What's The Difference?
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Panther System Requirements
Additional Panther System Requirements
Additionally, Tiger ships on a DVD, so if your Mac doesn’t have a built-in DVD-ROM player, you will have to use an alternative method.
Info here Installing Tiger Without A DVD Drive.
The Tiger Media Exchange Program, referred to in that article, is no longer available.
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