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<sect2 arch="sparc"><title>Partitioning for &arch-title;</title>
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Make sure you create a <quote>Sun disk label</quote> on your boot disk. This is
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the only kind of partition scheme that the OpenBoot PROM understands,
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and so it's the only scheme from which you can boot. The
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<keycap>s</keycap> key is used in <command>fdisk</command> to
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create Sun disk labels.
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Furthermore, on &arch-title; disks, make sure your first partition on
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your boot disk starts at cylinder 0. While this is required, it also
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means that the first partition will contain the partition table and
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the boot block, which are the first two sectors of the disk. You must
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<emphasis>not</emphasis> put swap on the first partition of the boot
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drive, since swap partitions do not preserve the first few sectors of
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the partition. You can put Ext2 or UFS partitions there; these will
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leave the partition table and the boot block alone.
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It is also advised that the third partition should be of type <quote>Whole
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disk</quote> (type 5), and contain the entire disk (from the first cylinder
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to the last). This is simply a convention of Sun disk labels, and
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helps the <command>SILO</command> boot loader keep its bearings.
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