Linux partitions, Solaris slices – HP P6000 Continuous Access Software User Manual

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In the example below, the root directory is on controller 0, target 0, disk section 10. and the users
drive
is on controller 0, target 0, disk section 2 (entire disk).

/dev/dsk/c0t0d10 /

hfs rw 0 1 # root directory #7937

/dev/dsk/c2t0d2

/users

hfs rw 0 1 # /users drive #7937

Linux partitions

If you are an administrator for a Linux host, you can identify host volume partition numbers using
utilities such as parted and fdisk -1.

Red Hat Linux partition examples

Remarks

Partition

Partition ID

boot, Linux native

/boot

1

2

3

4

root, Linux native

/

5

Linux swap

6

7 and up

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) partition examples

Remarks

Partition

Partition ID

root

/

/dev/sda1

swap

/dev/sda2

/var

/dev/sda3

extended partition

/dev/sda4

/home

/dev/sda5

/export

/dev/sda6

Solaris slices

If you are a superuser for a Solaris host, you can identify host volume slice numbers using the
format utility.

Solaris slice examples

Remarks

Slice

Slice ID

root

/

0

swap

1

entire disk

-

2

alternative versions of the OS

/export

3

swap space for client systems

/export/swap

4

applications

/opt

5

Host volume concepts

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