OpenSolaris

Category
   utility
Sub-Category
   raidcfg
Description
   Note: Category should be utility:fdisk  (Opensolaris submit bug/rfe  once you select category:utlity defaults subcategory to raidcfg and does not provide other options)
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Currently in OpenSolaris
fdisk gives a -B option
     -B
         Default to one Solaris partition  that  uses  the  whole
         disk. On an x86 machine, if the disk is larger than 2 TB
         (terabytes), the default size of the  Solaris  partition
         will be limited to 2 TB.
fmthard  - Command line utility to do Solaris format should also give similar option so that it is easier to use for users (and scripts) without trying to figure out the geometry of the disk manually as people have to do now in scripts:
What is helpful is to initialize a disk as follows on x64:
fdisk -n -B /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0
fmthard -B /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0
What we have to do now:
fdisk -n -B /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0
SecCnt=`prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0 | awk '/sectors\/cylinder/ { print $2 }'`
LastSect=`prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0 | awk '$1 == "2" { print $5 }'`
LastSect=`expr $LastSect - $SecCnt`
fmthard -d 0:2:00:${SecCnt}:${LastSect} /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0
Frequency
   Always
Regression
   No
Steps to Reproduce
   http://blogs.sun.com/jkshah/resource/create_solaris_appliance.sh
Expected Result
   Expected to use something like:
fdisk -n -B /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0
fmthard -B /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0
Actual Result
   Have to use:
fdisk -n -B /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0
SecCnt=`prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0 | awk '/sectors\/cylinder/ { print $2 }'`
LastSect=`prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0 | awk '$1 == "2" { print $5 }'`
LastSect=`expr $LastSect - $SecCnt`
fmthard -d 0:2:00:${SecCnt}:${LastSect} /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0
Error Message(s)
   
Test Case
   
Workaround
   fdisk -n -B /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0
SecCnt=`prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0 | awk '/sectors\/cylinder/ { print $2 }'`
LastSect=`prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0 | awk '$1 == "2" { print $5 }'`
LastSect=`expr $LastSect - $SecCnt`
fmthard -d 0:2:00:${SecCnt}:${LastSect} /dev/rdsk/${INSTALLDISK}p0
Additional configuration information
   
Reference:
With more and more people using OpenSolaris as a base of an appliance it becomes lot easier with this RFE to prepare a disk to install custom images for appliances:
http://blogs.sun.com/jkshah/entry/minimal_opensolaris_image_for_virtualbox#comments

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