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Maintaining disk drives
Issue 3.3 February 2003 119
5. Partition the disk by completing the following Steps a through e for all partitions as
specified in the Disk partition values
on page 111.
a. At the partition> prompt, enter the partition number from the table. For
example, for partition 0, enter 0.
The system prompts for the partition ID tag.
b. Enter the partition ID tag from the table. For all partitions except 2, press Enter to
accept the default of unassigned. Partition 2 is set to backup.
The system prompts for permission flags.
c. Press Enter to accept the default (wm). That indicates that the partition is writable
and mountable.
The system prompts for the starting cylinder.
d. Enter the number of the starting cylinder from the table. For example, for partition 0,
enter 0.
The system prompts for the partition size.
e. Enter the partition size from the table. For example, for partition 0 on an 18-GB
SCSI disk on R3V9, enter 2gb.
The partition> prompt is displayed.
6. When you have sized all of the partitions, enter:
print
7. Compare the displayed partition table to the Disk partition values
on page 111. If there
are any discrepancies, correct them by repeating the disk partitioning.
Enter partition id tag [unassigned]:
Enter permission flags [wm]:
Enter new starting cyl [0]:
Enter partition size [0b, 0c, 0mb]: