Mount partition in solaris 11

hi ,
I have an unallocated space 11 gb in solaris 11. Using GParted i have created an extended partition then make an logical partition of it. It make an ntfs file system by default. Now my question is where i see this partition i have use the mount command but it does not work showing the below message.
mount: /dev/dsk/c3d0p5 is not this fstype
Kindly guide me how i can make this partition in my use.
Thanks
Zeeshan

I'm going to presume your disk is physically inside the computer.
(You didn't describe the system, nor where that drive was. In fact, you gave no usable hardware information.)
If you have ANYTHING in the computer that you would find painful to lose, such as another OS ...
If you have never installed Solaris before ...
... get a new disk drive and have that be the only disk in the computer.
Yes, that means actually spending money, but you will be happier with the results.
The Solaris installation process wil see your disk (or disks if you have more than one) and it will ask you where you want to install the OS. You will be presented with a number of opportunities to customize your choices. Solaris does not need third party utilities to prepare the hardware. So long as your components are known to be compatible, it wil "just work".
---> Just leave the space unconfigured. Let the installation process take care of it.
Learn by installing the OS.
Then re-install it immediately again with different defaults.
Then re-install it again, with yet a different set of settings.
Don't try to get fancy with multi-boot or alternate-boot lash-ups.
Keep everything simple and you will become competent at this.

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