zfs discuss - Aug 2008 - How to zpool add a logical partition

Hi,

I see docs talking about how to add a fdisk partition (or primary partition) to
a zfs pool. But I wonder if it''s possible to add a logical partition,
which is inside the extended partition, to a pool. I''m on an X86 system
and these are in /dev/rdsk/:
c4t0d0p[0-4]
c4t0d0s[0-15]
I don''t know which represents which device.
Thanks for any help!
 
 
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On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Yi <yizhang84 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I see docs talking about how to add a fdisk partition (or primary
> partition) to a zfs pool. But I wonder if it''s possible to add a
logical
> partition, which is inside the extended partition, to a pool. I''m
on an X86
> system and these are in /dev/rdsk/:
> c4t0d0p[0-4]
> c4t0d0s[0-15]
> I don''t know which represents which device.
> Thanks for any help!

Solaris does not support Logical partitions in an extended partition.
p0 is the whole disk
p1 through p4 are the primary fdisk partitions
s0 through s15 are the Slices in the Solaris partition

There are no devices referring to the logical partitions.

I have detailed the meaning of the Solaris disk device aliases in my blog.

Cheers,
 _hartz

-- 
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke

Afrikaanse Stap Website: http://www.bloukous.co.za

My blog: http://initialprogramload.blogspot.com
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> I have detailed the
> meaning of the Solaris disk device aliases in my
> blog.<br><br
> clear="all">Cheers,<br>?_hartz<br><br>--
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> sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable
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How do you specify the MBR in Solaris?  (E.g., how do I "dd" a file to
or from MBR?)
 
 
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