Re: Specifying raw partititions during Solaris 9 Installation

From: mak (co4770_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/23/04 

Date: 23 Oct 2004 01:47:54 -0700

Coy Hile <hile@cse.psu.edu> wrote in message news:<clb2po$4tc$1@neuromancer.cse.psu.edu>...
> mak wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the reply, Can I do this using webstart installation.
> >
>
> I actually don't know. I've not installed a machine other than using
> jumpstart in a long time. The last time I installed from media, I
> didn't try to create a slice but not mount it anywhere. I *think* you
> can do that; I've just not tried. Try setting a size of the slice but
> leave the mountpoint empty and see what happens.

Actually i tried this, when i leave mount point blank,
doesn't go to next option to enter size (It should allow me to enter
raw partition size somwhere). I am using serial console. Anyone
knows??

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