Dear Managers:
I have the following setup in /etc/fstab:
/dev/rz3a / ufs rw 1 1
/proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
/dev/rz3b swap1 ufs sw 0 2
/dev/rz3d /var ufs rw 1 2
/dev/rz3g /usr ufs rw 1 2
advfs_domain#users /users advfs rq,userquota,groupquota 1 2
advfs_domain#tex /Tex advfs rq,userquota,groupquota 1 2
advfs_domain#local /usr/local advfs rq,userquota,groupquota 1 2
.
.
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The advfs_domain spans two volumes, /dev/rz3h and /dev/rz8c. I am
getting a new disk and would like to take the opportunity to change
my set up to the following (i.e. rz3 will then be partitioned as
a,b,g and /dev/rz3g will be added to the advfs_domain):
/dev/rz3a / ufs rw 1 1
/proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
/dev/rz3 swap1 ufs sw 0 2
advfs_domain#var /var advfs rw 1 2
advfs_domain#usr /usr advfs rw 1 2
advfs_domain#users /users advfs rq,userquota,groupquota 1 2
advfs_domain#tex /Tex advfs rq,userquota,groupquota 1 2
advfs_domain#local /usr/local advfs rq,userquota,groupquota 1 2
.
.
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The point is that I want to get away from the traditional ufs
restrictions of fixed partition sizes and be able to change the size
of /usr (or /var or whatever) as the need arises within the restriction
only of my total available disk space, i.e. the advfs_domain. I would
very much appreciate any comments from people who have experience, good
or bad, with this type of arrangement, in particular, with including the
usr and var filesets within a general domain, along with users, etc.
Can anyone think of any compelling reason not to do this?
Thanks in advance,
Peter Stern
Chemical Physics Department
Weizmann Institute of Science
76100 Rehovot, ISRAEL
Received on Wed Mar 27 1996 - 07:01:07 NZST