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H-6 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Installation, Operation, and Service Manual • March 2004
4. Reboot the server.
To halt the server completely, use
shutdown -h now
. To reboot automatically after
the shutdown is complete, use
shutdown -r
now.
H.5 Making an ext3 File System for Linux
The following procedure to label and partition drives using
fdisk
applies to an ext3
file system. To discover which disk you want to label, you need to find out what
device it is.
1. To list all devices and their paths, start a terminal session and type:
Record the device names and paths that you plan to use.
2. Then type:
A banner appears for the specified array device. The last statement displays a
prompt.
3. Type
m
or
help
.
4. On the displayed menu, select “n” for the command action and press Return.
Two choices are displayed:
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
Only four primary partitions are allowed per array. All additional partitions must be
added as extended LUNs under one primary partition. Only one primary partition is
allowed to have extended LUNs.
5. For the first partition, select “p.”
When several options appear, keep the defaults. You can reconfigure this after you
understand the process and see what it looks like. Add additional primary partitions
and extended partitions as needed.
fdisk -l
fdisk /dev/sd( x ) x= a,b,c,...