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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