Chapter 1. Partitioning Boot Disks

The boot disk (sometimes referred to as the root disk) is the disk from which the kernel of the Solaris™ Operating Environment (OE) loads. This chapter provides recommendations for partitioning the boot disk, as well as installing and upgrading the Solaris OE.

This chapter examines the basics of boot disk selection, layout, and partitioning, and details the following aspects of the boot disk:

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