Thank you very such speedy replies:
Mark Glidden <glidden_at_pobox.harvard.edu>
<fenster_at_star.zko.dec.com>
David Warren <warren_at_atmos.washington.edu>
Dewenter <mkhd_at_dune.atlas.de>
Paul Henderson <pgh_at_unx.dec.com>
<tpb_at_zk3.dec.com>
"Stephen L. LaBelle" <labelles_at_mscd.edu>
<MDEGERNESS_at_galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
Gyula Szokoly <szgyula_at_skysrv.Pha.Jhu.EDU>
alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com
"George W. Baltz" <gwb_at_umd5.umd.edu>
First posting:
>This is my first attempt at AdvFS. I now have an oppertunity to install
>that on a new machine, and play with it for awhile. I would like to know
>what the pitfalls to avoid? Also, is there a way to use AdvFS for / and
>/usr on an initial installation of Digital UNIX 4.0? The install program
>"refuse" to use partition c for root. In another word, what is the best
>way to start off using AdvFS instead of UFS, and trafer to an AdvFS.
Second posting:
> I am sorry that I have caused some confusion in my original message.
When
> I did a complete installation, selecting Advance install, the program
will
> NOT allow me to use any partition other that a for the /. Once that
> happens, I cannot use /usr and /var on partition c. So I did the
> following:
> / on a, /usr on d, and /var on e and swap on b (all on one disk)
> I selected AdvFS on /, /usr and /var. But the result of that is, the
> installation program created 3 domain. root_domain, usr_domain and
> var_domain. I read the System Admin doc on AdvFS, it stated:
>
> "To maintain high performance, avoid splitting a disk between two file
> domains. For example, do not add partition g to one file domain and
> partition h of the same disk to another file domain."
>
> That is what I was trying to avoid. That's why I wanted /, /usr and /var
> to all goto one file domain, and create filesets for each of them... Can
I
> do this?
I have decided to use UFS on / (partition a), and b as swap. Then I used
the rest of the free space on partition g. I use AdvFS on that partition.
So /var resides under /usr. I then created another fileset, and put a
quota on that fileset, I used that for the /tmp directory.
Jay
Received on Fri Jun 28 1996 - 18:56:46 NZST