Document Information
Preface
1. Managing Removable Media (Overview)
2. Managing Removable Media (Tasks)
3. Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)
4. Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)
5. Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)
6. Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)
7. Using USB Devices (Overview)
8. Using USB Devices (Tasks)
9. Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)
10. Managing Disks (Overview)
11. Administering Disks (Tasks)
12. SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
13. x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
x86: Adding a System Disk or a Secondary Disk (Task Map)
x86: Adding a System Disk or a Secondary Disk
x86: How to Connect a System Disk
How to Change the Solaris fdisk Identifier
x86: How to Connect a Secondary Disk and Boot
x86: How to Create a Solaris fdisk Partition
x86: How to Create Disk Slices and Label a Disk
x86: How to Create File Systems
x86: How to Install a Boot Block on a System Disk
14. Configuring Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)
15. Configuring and Managing the Solaris Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)
16. The format Utility (Reference)
17. Managing File Systems (Overview)
18. Creating UFS, TMPFS, and LOFS File Systems (Tasks)
19. Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)
20. Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)
21. Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)
22. Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)
23. UFS File System (Reference)
24. Backing Up and Restoring File Systems (Overview)
25. Backing Up Files and File Systems (Tasks)
26. Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)
27. Restoring Files and File Systems (Tasks)
28. UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)
29. Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
30. Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)
Index
The following task map identifies the procedures for adding a disk to an x86 based system.
Task
Description
For Instructions
1. Connect the disk and boot.
System Disk
Connect the new disk and boot from a local or remote Solaris CD or DVD.
Secondary Disk
Connect the new disk and perform a reconfiguration boot so that the system will recognize the disk.
2. (Optional) Change the fdisk partition identifier.
The Solaris 10 fdisk partition identifier on x86 systems has been changed from 130 (0x82) to 191 (0xbf).
You can use a new fdisk menu option to switch back and forth between the new and old identifier.
3. Create slices and label the disk.
Create disk slices and label the disk if the disk manufacturer has not already done so.
x86: How to Create a Solaris fdisk Partition and x86: How to Create Disk Slices and Label a Disk
4. Create file systems.
Create UFS file systems on the disk slices with the newfs command. You must create the root (/) or /usr file system (or both) for a system disk.
5. Restore file systems.
Restore the root (/) or /usr file system (or both) on the system disk. If necessary, restore file systems on the secondary disk.
Chapter 27, Restoring Files and File Systems (Tasks)
6. Install boot block.
System Disk Only. Install the boot block on the root (/) file system so that the system can boot.