mksidisk(1p)

mksidisk - command shell to Add or List SystemInstaller Partition Information

  mksidisk --List --name image1 
  mksidisk -Add --name image1 --file partion1

The mksidisk command is used to add or list the partition information for a images defined by SystemInstaller.
Syntax mksidisk [ operation ] [ options ]
Operations Recognized operations include: Add or update partition information using supplied options (--name, --type and stdin, or partition file are required). The new partition information will replace the existing partition information stored in the image. List partition information for image (--name is required).
Options Recognized options include: Name of the image. Type of disk drive, valid choices are scsi ⎪ ide. This option is used to override the disk type for ALL disks in the input. A file that contains the partition information.

Sample file:
#These are optional, global parameters
# units=MB # this is the default, megabytes
# units=% # Sizes are percent of disk
# label_type=msdos # this is the default
# label_type=gpt # For Itanium
#Device size fs_type mount options
/dev/sda1 30 ext2 /boot defaults bootable
/dev/sda5 30 swap
/dev/sda6 4000 ext2 / defaults
#
# You can also include nfs mounts like this
fileserver:/home - nfs /home rw
#
# And mix disk types also, but don't use the --type
# flag on mksidisk or it will change them all!
# An "*" in the size column indicated that the
# partition should fill the remainder of the disk.
/dev/sda1 * ext2 /opt defaults
#
# There are defaults for /proc,/dev/pts &
# /mnt/floppy,
# but if you want to change them, just add lines
# here.
# The values here are the defaults.
#/dev/fd0 - auto /mnt/floppy noauto,owner
#/proc - proc /proc defaults
#/dev/pts - devpts /dev/pts mode=622

Make sure there is only 1 filesystem marked as bootable and that there is something in the size column even if its not a local partition, '-' is used in the above example. Accept the partition information from STDIN. The format is the same as the partition file above. Print output in a colon-delimited format for parsing. Only valid with the --List option. Note that the ":" in the specification of an nfs remote mount point will be replaced with a "#".

  When the drive type, --type, is specified along with a partition
  file, the drive type will override the drive types for B<ALL> drives 
  in the partition input.

  When running on an image that was created via the B<getimage> command,
  the default boot kernel may be changed. Be sure to verify the settings
  in the images B<etc/systemconfig/systemconfig.conf> file before using 
  the image.

Stacy Woods, [email protected], Michael Chase-Salerno, [email protected] mksiimage(1).