Hi there
Background:
New to Solaris - installed VM Ware on a vista laptop, then installed Solaris 10 using ISO file.
My aim, is to get to stage where I can install Oracle 11g Database.
Question:
See attached file.
Simple question, how do I create a new partition say called "Oracle" 30G in size at / ?
Should mention the VM File set at 8G.
Thanks...
add a new virtual disk to vmware with the needed size. boot your solaris vm and enter "format" inside a terminal (as root). you should see the new disk. create a partition (slice) and and enter the path in /etc/vfstab...
you are done 
Hi there
Thanks for your comments.......
Give it a try this weekend....
Hi there
Steps
1.add a new virtual disk to vmware with the needed size - ok 20g
2.boot your solaris vm - restarted - ok
3.enter "format" inside a terminal (as root). you should see the new disk
I assumed I see 2 disks, not 1.
What have I missed ???
Hi there
Followed the steps, but only 1 disk shown. See attached pics.
What am I missing ?
could be a vmware issue but for giggles try: touch /reconfigure; init 6
or maybe just
devfsadm -v
also a good option.
Hi there
Used --> touch /reconfigure; init 6 , done the trick.
Created partition BUT, not sure if configured correctly.
Anyway, created partition, created file system, created mount point , mount it and added entries to /etc/vfstab
query df -h (appears in list)
Restart
see error for new file system, uncorrectable error, on start up
df -h (does not appear)......
what have I done wrong ????
please post the output of "cat /etc/vfstab" in code tags for better reading... this is easier to handle then screenshots!
also you have an error in your new line! it is UFS not UTF! and maybe there is an - missing on the end of the line. every line needs 7 entries...
k...check it out tomorrow...
Hi there
Tried again...
changes --> 1.ufs ; 2. added -
Restart...clean....df -h...appears now....
Thanks for comments...given me insight into partitions, file system and mount points etc...as result.