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file system layout & cylinders

807559Mar 16 2004 — edited Apr 6 2004

I just did a fresh install of Solaris 9 8/03 on an Ultra Enterprise 450. When it came time to partition the disk, I chose the custom option. I then input the size of each file system for the the correct FS. Now when I look at the disk using the format command, it shows that the swap FS starts at cylinder 0 and root starts at 2026. I always thought that root should start at cylinder 0. I was never prompted for starting cylinders when partitioning the disk.

Here is the output from the format command:

Volume name = < >
ascii name = <SEAGATE-ST318404LC-0002 cyl 14187 alt 2 hd 6 sec 421>
pcyl = 14189
ncyl = 14187
acyl = 2
nhead = 6
nsect = 421
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 2026 - 4457 2.93GB (2432/0/0) 6143232
1 swap wu 0 - 415 513.09MB (416/0/0) 1050816
2 backup wm 0 - 14186 17.09GB (14187/0/0) 35836362
3 unassigned wm 810 - 2025 1.46GB (1216/0/0) 3071616
4 var wm 4458 - 7700 3.91GB (3243/0/0) 8191818
5 usr wm 7701 - 14186 7.81GB (6486/0/0) 16383636
6 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0

Does this look OK or should I reformat/restart the installation?

Thanks

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