Setting up partitions
I am in the process of re-evaluating our disk partitioning on an UltraSparc 280R set up by a previous employee. Our is environment is as follows:
Solaris 8
2 x 1.2 GHz UltraSparc III+
4 G Memory
2 x 73 G Drive
Primary Function: Production Java 1.4.2 SSL Proprietary Server Application (this server is dedicated for production, no development or testing is performed on it)
I want to keep the partitioning as simple as possible but maximize swap space for 4 G Memory. I need 10 - 20 G of space for the OS / Server Application (all running on the same partition). As I mentioned, right now I am only focused on one of the 73 G drives; the second will be used for RAID 1. Here is the current format of the primary drive:
Primary label contents:
Volume name = < >
ascii name = <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
pcyl = 14089
ncyl = 14087
acyl = 2
nhead = 24
nsect = 424
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 104 - 2164 10.00GB (2061/0/0) 20972736
1 swap wu 0 - 103 516.75MB (104/0/0) 1058304
2 backup wm 0 - 14086 68.35GB (14087/0/0) 143349312
3 home wm 2165 - 14085 57.84GB (11921/0/0) 121308096
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 14086 - 14086 4.97MB (1/0/0) 10176
Here is the current vfstab configuration:
#device device mount FS fsck mount mount
#to mount to fsck point type pass at boot options
#/dev/dsk/c1d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c1d0s2 /usr ufs 1 yes -
/proc - /proc proc - no -
fd - /dev/fd fd - no -
swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes -
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0 / ufs 1 no -
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s3 /space ufs 1 yes -
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s1 - - swap - no -
Any suggestions would be helpful - I am not a Solaris guru so do not worry about insulting my intelligence!
Thanks!
You are going to have to reslice the drive during install, I would set it up more or less like this.
During the install you WILL get to the disc part, change the default settings, they tend to treat it like a dos c drive...
/ 4gig
/swap 8gig it will pick that by default when it sees 4GB memory
/var 4gig
/usr 4gig
/opt 8gig
/tmp 8gig
/export/home 8gig
Depends on where you are running your app out of actually, if it's running out of /opt add the 30gig you need to /opt
Just ballpark guide really, you need to see what goes where.
Try df -k, it will tell you what you have now.
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Index issue with or and between when we set one partition index to unusable
Need to understand why optimizer unable to use index in case of "OR" whenn we set one partition index to unusable, the same query with between uses index.
“OR” condition fetch less data comparing to “BETWEEN” still oracle optimizer unable to use indexes in case of “OR”
1. Created local index on partitioned table
2. ndex partition t_dec_2009 set to unusable
-- Partitioned local Index behavior with “OR” and with “BETWEEN”
SQL> CREATE TABLE t (
2 id NUMBER NOT NULL,
3 d DATE NOT NULL,
4 n NUMBER NOT NULL,
5 pad VARCHAR2(4000) NOT NULL
6 )
7 PARTITION BY RANGE (d) (
8 PARTITION t_jan_2009 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('2009-02-01','yyyy-mm-dd')),
9 PARTITION t_feb_2009 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('2009-03-01','yyyy-mm-dd')),
10 PARTITION t_mar_2009 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('2009-04-01','yyyy-mm-dd')),
11 PARTITION t_apr_2009 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('2009-05-01','yyyy-mm-dd')),
12 PARTITION t_may_2009 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('2009-06-01','yyyy-mm-dd')),
13 PARTITION t_jun_2009 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('2009-07-01','yyyy-mm-dd')),
14 PARTITION t_jul_2009 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('2009-08-01','yyyy-mm-dd')),
15 PARTITION t_aug_2009 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('2009-09-01','yyyy-mm-dd')),
16 PARTITION t_sep_2009 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('2009-10-01','yyyy-mm-dd')),
17 PARTITION t_oct_2009 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('2009-11-01','yyyy-mm-dd')),
18 PARTITION t_nov_2009 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('2009-12-01','yyyy-mm-dd')),
19 PARTITION t_dec_2009 VALUES LESS THAN (to_date('2010-01-01','yyyy-mm-dd'))
20 );
SQL> INSERT INTO t
2 SELECT rownum, to_date('2009-01-01','yyyy-mm-dd')+rownum/274, mod(rownum,11), rpad('*',100,'*')
3 FROM dual
4 CONNECT BY level <= 100000;
SQL> CREATE INDEX i ON t (d) LOCAL;
SQL> execute dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(user,'T')
-- Mark partition t_dec_2009 to unusable:
SQL> ALTER INDEX i MODIFY PARTITION t_dec_2009 UNUSABLE;
--- Let’s check whether the usable index partition can be used to apply a restriction: BETWEEN
SQL> SELECT count(d)
FROM t
WHERE d BETWEEN to_date('2009-01-01 23:00:00','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss')
AND to_date('2009-02-02 01:00:00','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss');
SQL> SELECT * FROM table(dbms_xplan.display_cursor(format=>'basic +partition'));
| Id | Operation | Name | Pstart| Pstop |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | | |
| 1 | SORT AGGREGATE | | | |
| 2 | PARTITION RANGE SINGLE| | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | I | 12 | 12 |
--- Let’s check whether the usable index partition can be used to apply a restriction: OR
SQL> SELECT count(d)
FROM t
WHERE
(d >= to_date('2009-01-01 23:00:00','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') and d <= to_date('2009-01-01 23:59:59','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss'))
or
(d >= to_date('2009-02-02 01:00:00','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') and d <= to_date('2009-02-02 02:00:00','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss'))
SQL> SELECT * FROM table(dbms_xplan.display_cursor(format=>'basic +partition'));
| Id | Operation | Name | Pstart| Pstop |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | | |
| 1 | SORT AGGREGATE | | | |
| 2 | PARTITION RANGE OR| |KEY(OR)|KEY(OR)|
| 3 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| T |KEY(OR)|KEY(OR)|
----------------------------------------------------“OR” condition fetch less data comparing to “BETWEEN” still oracle optimizer unable to use indexes in case of “OR”
Regards,
Sachin B.Hi,
What is your database version????
I ran the same test and optimizer was able to pick the index for both the queries.
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.4.0 Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
SQL>
SQL> set autotrace traceonly exp
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> SELECT count(d)
2 FROM t
3 WHERE d BETWEEN to_date('2009-01-01 23:00:00','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss')
4 AND to_date('2009-02-02 01:00:00','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss');
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 2381380216
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time | Pstart| Pstop |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 1 | 8 | 25 (0)| 00:00:01 | | |
| 1 | SORT AGGREGATE | | 1 | 8 | | | | |
| 2 | PARTITION RANGE ITERATOR| | 8520 | 68160 | 25 (0)| 00:00:01 | 1 | 2 |
|* 3 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | I | 8520 | 68160 | 25 (0)| 00:00:01 | 1 | 2 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
3 - access("D">=TO_DATE(' 2009-01-01 23:00:00', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') AND
"D"<=TO_DATE(' 2009-02-02 01:00:00', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss'))
SQL> SELECT count(d)
2 FROM t
3 WHERE
4 (
5 (d >= to_date('2009-01-01 23:00:00','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') and d <= to_date('2009-01-01 23:59:59','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss'
6 or
7 (d >= to_date('2009-02-02 01:00:00','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') and d <= to_date('2009-02-02 02:00:00','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss'
8 );
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 3795917108
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time | Pstart| Pstop |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 1 | 8 | 4 (0)| 00:00:01 | | |
| 1 | SORT AGGREGATE | | 1 | 8 | | | | |
| 2 | CONCATENATION | | | | | | | |
| 3 | PARTITION RANGE SINGLE| | 13 | 104 | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 | 2 | 2 |
|* 4 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | I | 13 | 104 | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | PARTITION RANGE SINGLE| | 13 | 104 | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 | 1 | 1 |
|* 6 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | I | 13 | 104 | 2 (0)| 00:00:01 | 1 | 1 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
4 - access("D">=TO_DATE(' 2009-02-02 01:00:00', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') AND
"D"<=TO_DATE(' 2009-02-02 02:00:00', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss'))
6 - access("D">=TO_DATE(' 2009-01-01 23:00:00', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') AND
"D"<=TO_DATE(' 2009-01-01 23:59:59', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss'))
filter(LNNVL("D"<=TO_DATE(' 2009-02-02 02:00:00', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss')) OR
LNNVL("D">=TO_DATE(' 2009-02-02 01:00:00', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss')))
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The lead-in above pretty much states the problem. I am attempting to install Windows 7 from a disk, but that is not the issue. Boot Camp 5 just quits and reopens. I then repeat. Help.
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Windows could not set a partition active on disk 0. error 0X80300024
I followed the "Step-by-Step: Basic Windows Deployment" Link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349348%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
after creating aotounattend.xml file, I went to step2: building reference installation. however, recieving the below error message:
"windows could not set a partition active on disk 0. The target disk, partition, or volume does not support the specified operation. The error occurred while applying the unattend asnwer file's <DiskConfiguration> setting. Error code: 0X80300024"
it happened in the beginning of installation.
what's more, before that error, system still asked me to choose which languange in the installation and I also need to click install button to begin installation.
I believe that with answer file, windows 7 should start installation automatically. Am I right?
Here is my answer file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="specialize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Home_Page>http://www.google.com</Home_Page>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Reseal>
<Mode>Audit</Mode>
</Reseal>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
</OOBE>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="windowsPE">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SetupUILanguage>
<UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
</SetupUILanguage>
<InputLocale>en-us</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale>
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<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Order>1</Order>
<Size>300</Size>
<Type>Primary</Type>
</CreatePartition>
<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Extend>true</Extend>
<Order>2</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Active>true</Active>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>System</Label>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
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<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>Windows</Label>
<Order>2</Order>
<PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
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<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
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<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
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<OSImage>
<InstallTo>
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</unattend>Hi all,
I have created an answer file using Windows SIM tool. Please find the answer file below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="windowsPE">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DiskConfiguration>
<Disk wcm:action="add">
<CreatePartitions>
<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Extend>true</Extend>
<Order>1</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Active>true</Active>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>System</Label>
<Letter>C</Letter>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
</Disk>
<Disk wcm:action="add">
<CreatePartitions>
<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Extend>true</Extend>
<Order>1</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Active>true</Active>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>DB_Data</Label>
<Letter>D</Letter>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
<DiskID>1</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
</Disk>
<Disk wcm:action="add">
<CreatePartitions>
<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Extend>true</Extend>
<Order>1</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Active>true</Active>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>Image_Data</Label>
<Letter>E</Letter>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
<DiskID>2</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
</Disk>
</DiskConfiguration>
<ImageInstall>
<OSImage>
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
</OSImage>
</ImageInstall>
<UserData>
<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
</UserData>
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xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SetupUILanguage>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI>
</SetupUILanguage>
<InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
</component>
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<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
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<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<AutoLogon>
<Password>
<Value>YQBkAG0AJABwAHcAZAAkADQAJABtAGUAZABQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
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<Username>Administrator</Username>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
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<FirstLogonCommands>
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<CommandLine>cmd /c wmic useraccount where "name='Administrator'" set passwordExpires=FALSE</CommandLine>
<Order>1</Order>
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<UserAccounts>
<AdministratorPassword>
<Value>YQBkAG0AJABwAHcAZAAkADQAJABtAGUAZABBAGQAbQBpAG4AaQBzAHQAcgBhAHQAbwByAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</AdministratorPassword>
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<settings pass="specialize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
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xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DoNotOpenServerManagerAtLogon>true</DoNotOpenServerManagerAtLogon>
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</settings>
<settings pass="generalize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-ServerManager-SvrMgrNc" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DoNotOpenServerManagerAtLogon>true</DoNotOpenServerManagerAtLogon>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="auditSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<AutoLogon>
<Password>
<Value>YQBkAG0AJABwAHcAZAAkADQAJABtAGUAZABQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</Password>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Username>Administrator</Username>
</AutoLogon>
<UserAccounts>
<AdministratorPassword>
<Value>YQBkAG0AJABwAHcAZAAkADQAJABtAGUAZABBAGQAbQBpAG4AaQBzAHQAcgBhAHQAbwByAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</AdministratorPassword>
</UserAccounts>
</component>
</settings>
<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/coem/workbenchwin2008/iso/sources/install.wim#my win2008 san install" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>
It doesn't work. System configurations are,
-> system with out build-in harddisk
-> there were 3 disks from SAN
-> you can see that disks 0, 1 and 2 are configured in diskconfiguration section.
After constructing new COEM with this answer file, when i boot the system via DVD disk, in some point in time, i get the following exception:
the
target disk, partition or voume doesnot support the specified operations.
The
error occured while applying the unattended answer file's <DiskConfiguration> setting. Error code 0x80300024
any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
Regards,
Saravanan -
Best way to set up partitions on 250GB external drive
Hi all,
I've decided to go with an Iomega eGo 250-GB FireWire portable drive to back up my iBook's hard disk (30 GB) plus to store my photos and maybe hold a bootable copy of OS9.
This is my first time using an external drive, so I don't really know how to go about setting things up.
What would be the best way to set up the partitions on the external drive?
1) I know I should create a 30GB partition for the iBook backup, but what about for the remaining volume? Is it best to leave it as a single large 200GB partition, or split it into two 100GB chunks? Other than the clone of my iBook, I'll mainly be storing photos (at the moment no more than around 10-12GB).
2) I don't yet have a huge iTunes collection, but if I later want to store iTunes music that doesn't fit on my internal drive, is it fine to put it in the same partition as the photos, or would it be preferable to create a separate partition?
3) If I want to install OS9 on the drive, how much space should I allot to it? Would this enable me to run legacy apps on my iBook?
4) Does it matter how I name the partitions (i.e. should the name for my iBook back-up be the same as the original volume or should it be different?)
5) As I still don't know exactly what I need, If today I decide to create only 30GB partition to backup the iBook, can I later partition the remaining space without having to start all over again?
6) Also, the drive came out of the box with Mac OS Extended format. Is this the best format or is there another that would be better?
Thanks for any advice
Message was edited by: Lutetia1) I know I should create a 30GB partition for the iBook backup, but what about for the remaining volume? Is it best to leave it as a single large 200GB partition, or split it into two 100GB chunks? Other than the clone of my iBook, I'll mainly be storing photos (at the moment no more than around 10-12GB).
2) I don't yet have a huge iTunes collection, but if I later want to store iTunes music that doesn't fit on my internal drive, is it fine to put it in the same partition as the photos, or would it be preferable to create a separate partition?
The answer to both question is that it's completely up to you. Partitioning or not partitioning won't affect operation significantly.
3) If I want to install OS9 on the drive, how much space should I allot to it? Would this enable me to run legacy apps on my iBook?
The iBook G4 can not boot from OS 9 so you would only be able to run OS 9 in the "classic" environment.
4) Does it matter how I name the partitions (i.e. should the name for my iBook back-up be the same as the original volume or should it be different?)
No
5) As I still don't know exactly what I need, If today I decide to create only 30GB partition to backup the iBook, can I later partition the remaining space without having to start all over again?
There are a few tools which promise the ability to change the partitioning without destroying the data on the drive. But you should never do this without making a backup of the data on the drive. Data loss can easily happen and in a big way.
6) Also, the drive came out of the box with Mac OS Extended format. Is this the best format or is there another that would be better?
That is the best format. -
How to set desired partition size on Satellite C850-12D with W7 Pro?
Hi all,
I recently got a new laptop, Satellite Pro C850-12D with Seven Pro: the disk (500 Gb) is initially partitionned like this:
- a small hidden, 1.46 Gb
- the C: one, 449.47 Gb (visible by the user)
- a hidden one, 14.83 Gb
I would reduce the C: partition to 100 Gb in order to create a new one for DATA.
So, I begin the process using the Seven tools for disk managing but the disposable size after reduction seems limited to a max of 226.685 Gb: C remains higher or equal to 233 570 Gb.
I tried defragmentation of C but its minimal size remains 233 570 Gb
Is there a method to overcome this limit and achivce my goal of 100 Gb?Hi
Before changing some partitions on the HDD I strongly recommend creating a Recovery disk!
The Toshiba recovery media creator helps you to create such disk and this is needed in cases something would be wrong with your HDD.
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TM backup - How large would you set the partition for a 105gb HD?
I'm preparing to upgrade from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion and am making a TM backup to a 1TB external harddrive that has 500gb free, using Disk Utility to create a new partition.
The size of the hard drive to backup is 105gb with 22gb remaining. How much should I partition for TM? I was thinking 150gb - is that too generous?
I intend to keep the backup just in case I want to roll back to Snow Leopard in case anything catastrophic happens during the ML upgrade.
Thanks in advance.Alternative: partition the disk with 110GB for the backup,
use DiskUtility to format this partition as MacOSextended(journalled) option: GuidPartitionTable;
download CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper and use that to make a real (bootable) clone onto this partition.
Test it by restarting while holding the Alt(option) key and choose the newly made clone to restart from.
Use this clone to restore when you want to go back. -
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please help..got windows 7 on usb flash drive as got macbook air but for some reason in boot camp assistant it won't let me tick the box for install or remove windows 7 which is the part to let me partition the drive...
Go to the search box in the upper right corner and place "boot camp you do not have enough disk space" in it and press search. There have been many threads about this problem and answers are given.
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Hi, guys, I am doing a regular Arch installation to a USB stick. I have no trouble finishing the installation and getting me a bootable USB disk. What I want is to combine the boot partition and home partition into one, I mean mount a single partition on both /boot and /home. This saves me partitions as it seems that I can not use logical partition on a USB disk (I am not quite sure, if some one could clarify this, thanks). Anyway, I chose the first partition for this purpose, because it allows me to transfer data between Linux and Windows. Then it implies that I have to format this partition to vfat. Unfortunately when I boot into Arch, I found that all files in /home is owned by root, even the home dir of a regular user I created. But if I format this partition to ext2, it has no such problem. So I wonder if this is specific to the vfat fs type. If not, what combinations of mount options are the best (solve the problem securely) for this purpose? Below is the entry in my /etc/fstab for this partition
LABEL=hoot /home vfat defaults 0 2
I guess the option "users" could solve it, but I wanna hear your suggestions.
Last edited by plmday (2010-07-28 04:25:50)shetland_breeder wrote:
What's this about Windows only being able to use the first partition on a USB stick?
I've had Corsair Voyagers with two partitions for years (one for booting DOS with Ghost and one for random files) and Windows (95, XP and Vista) could read and write both partitions.
I still remember what I found via Google weeks ago about this. Windows treats a USB Flash Disk as Removable, not a USB HDD. If a USB disk (usually flash) is identified as Removable by Windows, it could not see all other partitions but the first one (This is a stupid behavior many people complain.) Some smart guys figured out how to make Windows access other partitions by some tricks. One guy in particular even wrote a driver to make Windows see Any USB Flash Drive As A Local Disk. However, all these tricks require admin privilege which as I said before is not always possible if the Windows machine is not mine because I want a portable USB disk: if one machine in front of my face allows me to boot from USB, great, I can boot into one distro; if not, I can still rely on PortableApps. Because Windows can only see the first partition (of FAT or NTFS) without hacking, I have no choice but to put as much data to be shared between two OS-es as possible in the first partition. -
As I wrote in the title, would it be useful?
I come from a Windows PC where I had that kind of division and it seemed everything had worked fine along 5 years.
Please, give a motivation to your answers to let me get in the point.File fragmentation is not an issue with OS X, which looks after itself.
Defragmentation in OS X:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1375 which states:
You probably won't need to optimize at all if you use Mac OS X. Here's why:
Hard disk capacity is generally much greater now than a few years ago. With more free space available, the file system doesn't need to fill up every "nook and cranny." Mac OS Extended formatting (HFS Plus) avoids reusing space from deleted files as much as possible, to avoid prematurely filling small areas of recently-freed space.
Mac OS X 10.2 and later includes delayed allocation for Mac OS X Extended-formatted volumes. This allows a number of small allocations to be combined into a single large allocation in one area of the disk.
Fragmentation was often caused by continually appending data to existing files, especially with resource forks. With faster hard drives and better caching, as well as the new application packaging format, many applications simply rewrite the entire file each time. Mac OS X 10.3 onwards can also automatically defragment such slow-growing files. This process is sometimes known as "Hot-File-Adaptive-Clustering."
Aggressive read-ahead and write-behind caching means that minor fragmentation has less effect on perceived system performance. -
Basic Question: How to partition an external drive and then set up TM?
Hi. I am going to be using an external hard drive (Western Digital - 640GB) on my MacBook for the first time and I think that I'd like to partition it so that part of it is for Time Machine and part of it can be used to just manually drag and drop my files (like any other USB external drive).
1. How to I partition the external drive for Mac?
2. If I insert my drive (not yet partitioned) in my MacBook for the first time and the MacBook automatically asks me if I want to use it for Time Machine, I'm assuming that I need to say "no" so that I can first partition it, right? If yes, then after partitioning it how do I set up the one partition for Time Machine?
3. If I have 640 GB external hard drive space and my MacBook has about 100GB of space, how much of the 640 should I allocate for Time Machine?
Thanks! Happy New Year!coffeecoffee wrote:
Hi. I am going to be using an external hard drive (Western Digital - 640GB) on my MacBook for the first time and I think that I'd like to partition it so that part of it is for Time Machine and part of it can be used to just manually drag and drop my files (like any other USB external drive).
1. How to I partition the external drive for Mac?
select the whole drive (the model, not the name) in disk utility and click on the partition tab. set the number of partitions. set the partition scheme to GUID in options. set the format to mac os extended journaled. hit apply.
2. If I insert my drive (not yet partitioned) in my MacBook for the first time and the MacBook automatically asks me if I want to use it for Time Machine, I'm assuming that I need to say "no" so that I can first partition it, right? If yes, then after partitioning it how do I set up the one partition for Time Machine?
in system preferences->Time machine.
also see TM 101 for basic usage instructions.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
3. If I have 640 GB external hard drive space and my MacBook has about 100GB of space, how much of the 640 should I allocate for Time Machine?
it depends on your computing habits but it's generally recommended to have TM drive to be at least 2-3 times bigger than the total amount of data you are backing up.
Thanks! Happy New Year! -
Does not allow to set time characteristics while performing Partition
I had loaded the monthly inventory cube without setting any partition.
Now, when I tried to partition the cube thru RSDCUBE >> Change >> DB performance >> Partition, the time characteristic is greyed off and does not allow to set.
Is it becuase the cube had been loaded? Can I perform the partition now that I had compressed the request in the cube?Yes you are correct....You want to modify an InfoCube into which data has already been loaded. You use remodeling to change the structure of the object without losing data.
You use partitioning to split the total dataset for an InfoProvider into several, smaller, physically independent and redundancy-free units. This separation improves system performance when you analyze data delete data from the InfoProvider.
You can only partition a dataset using one of the two partitioning criteria u2018calendar monthu2019 (0CALMONTH) or u2018fiscal year/period (0FISCPER). At least one of the two InfoObjects must be contained in the InfoProvider.
But you are trying to partition the cube which already has data so...You choose Repartitioning...
Repartitioning can be useful if you have already loaded data to your InfoCube, and:
● You did not partition the InfoCube when you created it.
● You loaded more data into your InfoCube than you had planned when you partitioned it.
● You did not choose a long enough period of time for partitioning.
● Some partitions contain no data or little data due to data archiving over a period of time.
Let me know if you need help with the steps to perform repartitioning -
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I'm performing a new install, and am following the RAID wiki for a RAID1 on 2 disks.
The wiki suggests to use the "Non-FS" partition type (DA00), rather than the "Linux RAID" partition type (FD00), to avoid potential issues down the road.
However, the example given in the wiki is for cfdisk (MBR). I'm using GPT partitioning rather than MBR, and cgdisk only accepts the FD00 partition type, not DA00.
Do the wiki's precautions against using FD00 only apply to MBR-partitioned drives? Or should I be setting the partition type some other way?A few comments:
Four-digit (two-byte hexadecimal) partition type codes are, AFAIK, unique to my GPT fdisk (gdisk, sgdisk, and cgdisk) program and any programs that might mimic it. (The fdisk clone in busybox is one of these, IIRC.) These codes are not industry-standard; I created them just because I needed a compact way to describe partition types and to accept partition typing data from users. GPT actually uses 16-byte GUIDs as type codes, and those are very awkward, from a user interface perspective!
GPT fdisk does not have a type code of "DA00," so any documentation that refers to such a code is either flawed or is referring to something other than my GPT fdisk. (Somebody might have a patched version of GPT fdisk that implements such a code, though.)
AFAIK, there's no such thing as a generic "non-FS" partition type for GPT. The most complete list of GPT type codes I'm aware of is on the Wikipedia entry on GPT, and I don't see anything close to that meaning in its table.
According to this site, which holds a good list of known MBR type codes, 0xDA is the MBR type code for "non-FS data." Given the way I create GPT fdisk type codes, that would translate to DA00 if there were a GPT equivalent. Since there is no GPT equivalent, though, DA00 remains invalid in GPT fdisk.
Tools based on libparted, such as parted and GParted, do a terrible job at presenting partition type code data to users. I've just skimmed it, but the page to which you refer, s1ln7m4s7r, appears to set up RAID data on a partition with a GUID of EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7 -- "Microsoft Basic Data". That is, the RAID partition will be flagged as holding an NTFS or FAT filesystem! That's one of the worst possible ways to set up a Linux RAID, in terms of its partition type code.
For the most part, Linux doesn't care about type codes, on either MBR or GPT. There are a few exceptions to this rule, though. Thus, on a Linux-only system, using a bad partition type code won't have dire consequences; but on a dual-boot system, or if the disk gets moved to another computer for some reason, a bad type code choice could result in data loss. Windows might try to reformat the partition to use NTFS, for instance.
The Linux RAID partition type code (GUID A19D880F-05FC-4D3B-A006-743F0F84911E on GPT; represented in GPT fdisk as FD00) was created to hold RAID data. Although I do recall running across advice somewhere to not use this type code for RAID data, I honestly don't recall what the reason was, but my recollection is that I was unimpressed.
Since you didn't post a link to the page that recommended using "DA00" for RAID devices, Nairou, I can't comment on that advice in context; however, I suspect the author was confused or that the wiki went through some edits and something got mangled. Unless somebody can provide a good reason otherwise, I recommend using the RAID data type code on a partition that holds RAID data. If you want to use something else, create your own random GUID; do not use the type code for a Microsoft filesystem, especially if the computer dual-boots with Windows! -
MSR partition : setup vs diskpart and Disk manager do not set the same offset
Hi all
Here is the disk section for the partionning of the datadisk of a windows 2012R2 server :
<Disk wcm:action="add">
<CreatePartitions>
<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Order>1</Order>
<Type>MSR</Type>
<Size>128</Size>
</CreatePartition>
<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Order>2</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type>
<Extend>true</Extend>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</ModifyPartition>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Order>2</Order>
<PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
<Label>Software</Label>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
<DiskID>1</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
</Disk>
This way, the data disk of my server are partitionned/formated after installation.
The data disk initialised by setup are like this
DISKPART> select disk 2
Disk 2 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> list partition
Partition ### Type Size Offset
Partition 1 Reserved 128 MB 64 KB
Partition 2 Primary 1919 MB 128 MB
But, if I add a disk and then use Disk manager, or diskpart I get :
DISKPART> list partition
Partition ### Type Size Offset
Partition 1 Reserved 128 MB
17 KB
* Partition 2 Primary 39 GB 129 MB
1. In WSIM, I did not find a way to set the partition aligment. Is it possible ?
2. Which aligment is the best for performances ?
Thanks
MLHi,
We cannot set the partition aligment in WSIM. To set up the disk partition offset of a volume (or partition), you can either use Diskpart.exe or WMI script.
For more detailed information, please see:
Disk Partitioning Offset
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/amitjet/archive/2009/04/17/disk-partitioning-offset.aspx
Diskpart isn't always the best tool to use to get partition offsets, as it rounds up the values, and when there are multiple partitions, it can be hard to tell exactly what's what, especially with lots of disks where you need to select each one and then
list the partitions.
In this case, use wmic to get the exact numbers. The command is as follows:
wmic partition get BlockSize, StartingOffset, Name, Index
Using diskpart and wmic to check disk partition alignment
http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/using-diskpart-and-wmic-to-check-disk-partition-alignment/
Please Note: Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. The sites are not controlled by Microsoft. Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there.
Best Regards,
Mandy
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I decided to give my late 2008 Macbook to my 8 year old daughter for her first computer. I wanted the machine to function well for her so I upgraded the RAM to 4GB and installed a 500GB 7200 RPM seagate harddrive as well as upgraded the OSX to Mountain Lion thru the app store.
After all the upgrades the machine works beautifully EXCEPT that it freezes up, lags behind or gives me the spinning wheel when in the simplest of online games.
It was suggested that I reload the OSX however when I boot up holding the option key there is no recovery drive avail to me.
I'm not too tech savy but would appreciate any ideas.
Thanks!Firstly, you are going to erase the drive and reinstall Snow Leopard, not Leopard. Secondly, redownloads are free. No additional charge.
Downgrade Lion/Mountain Lion to Snow Leopard
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer
loads select your language and click on the Continue
button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the
Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the
mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status
of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then
the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART
info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on
the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions
from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS
Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the
partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on
the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
5. After you install Snow Leopard download and install
Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.
6. Sign into the App Store using the same Apple ID that you used to purchase
Mountain Lion. Go to your Purchases list, locate the Mountain Lion entry, then
click on the Download/Install button on the right of the entry.
Now, my advice at this point is after Mountain Lion is downloaded DO NOT click on the Install button just yet. Make a copy of the installer (in the Applications folder) and place it in your Downloads folder. See the following:
Make Your Own Mountain/Lion Installer
1. After downloading Mountain/Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Mountain/
Lion application. After Mountain/Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button.
Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Mountain/Lion installer. Move
the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You
must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes
installing.
2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
a. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
b. After DU loads select your flash drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left
side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
c. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the
partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until
the process has completed.
d. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side
list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
e. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the
button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
f. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to an hour depending upon the flash
drive size.
3. Locate the saved Mountain/Lion installer in your Downloads folder. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the installer and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. Double-click on the Contents folder to open it. Double-click on the SharedSupport folder. In this folder you will see a disc image named InstallESD.dmg.
4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the content of the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
a. Double-click on the InstallESD.dmg file to mount it on your Desktop.
b. Open Disk Utility.
c. Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
d. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
e. Select the USB flash drive volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
f. Drag the mounted disc icon from the Desktop into the Source entry field.
g. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable installer that you can use without having to re-download Mountain/Lion.
Note: The term Mountain/Lion used above means Lion or Mountain Lion.
As an alternative to the above (you still have to do your own download of Lion/Mountain Lion) you can try using Lion DiskMaker 2.0 that automates the process of Steps 2 through 4.
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