Re: Newbie Q: Part 2 - Disk space on Sol 8
From: Jim Cochrane (jtc_at_shell.dimensional.com)
Date: 12/19/03
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Date: 18 Dec 2003 18:27:56 -0700
In article <7TrEb.57709$aT.42223@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, Voitec wrote:
>
> "Oscar del Rio" <delrio@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message
> news:brsnij$lrr$1@news.mie...
>>
>> > This is the msg I get when I try to allocate more than 1035MB to /:
>> > "The root (/) file system must lie entirely within the first 1023
> cylinders
>> > of the disk drive which contains it.
>>
>> Some suggestions:
>>
>> - Start the installation using the Solaris Software CD 1
>> Forget about the "installation CD"
>>
>> - At one point it will ask for disk partition layout.
>> Let the installation make an initial guess and then modify it.
>> Make the root partition '/' the first slice, and swap the second one
>> (I think that's the default when you install from CD 1)
>> Increase root to 4 GB or more, and swap depending on your RAM, perhaps
>> 512MB, the rest for /export/home
>>
>> If it still complains about /, try making separate /usr and /opt
>> partitions, about 2 GB each.
>>
>
> Oscar,
> I was already using CD1 of 2 to perform the install as other ppl on this NG
> have made that same suggestion earlier. I chose Auto Layout and then tried
> to modify the sizes:
> / was on s0, swap on s1, overlap on s2 and /export/home on s7.
> No matter what I did, / could not be increased past 1305MB.
>
> Looks like having /usr and /var 2GB in size each is the last remaining
> option.
By the way, if you're short on space you don't have to allocate 2GB
for /usr, /var, etc. You can allocate less if you plan carefully.
For example, if you're pretty sure you won't need more than, say, 1GB for
the files under /usr, you could keep it below, say, 1.25 GB. (Finding out
exactly how much space the solaris installation you'll be using will take
will help out greatly here.) If things get tight, you can also resort
to tricks like putting /usr/local onto another file system (e.g., /home)
via a symbolic link. (Ask about that if you're not sure how that works.)
Good luck.
-- Jim Cochrane; jtc@dimensional.com [When responding by email, include the term non-spam in the subject line to get through my spam filter.]
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