What is slice 4 (partition e) on my disk used for?
It is the save area used when you suspend your SB. It should be the exact same size as the RAM in your SB. When you PAUSE-O (suspend) the SB, the contents of RAM are written to this slice. If you never want to use the suspend feature, this slice can be formatted and used like any other slice of the disk. Solaris 2.6 does not need this slice as it handles suspend differently. It justs saves it’s own state to a partition that has enough space to hold it. The state file (.CPR) is not that big as it is rather compressed.
