SUMMARY: Applying AdvFS instead of UFS on / & /usr WAS: AdvFS Magic Number Wrong

From: Mohamed K. Ahmed <mkahmed_at_vsc.teksystems.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:42:18 -0500

Thanks for Dr. Tom Blinn, Johan Brusche and Brian Staab

All pointed me that I missed to change the /etc/fstab file to reflect
the new root and usr AdvFS, and with that the system booted and
reported the problem of fsck-ing the AdvFS

Anyway, I was able to go through the procedure and it worked for me
very well with the following procedure, I hope it could help someone
else:

Procedure to apply AdvFS instead of UFS

MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A VALID BACKUP FOR THE SYSTEM
Boot from CD Installation disk
     boot cdrom_device (Example b dka500)
Go to Unix Shell
Make your special devices
     cd /dev
     ./MAKEDEV system_disk tape_drive (ex: ./MAKEDEV rz0 tz15)
Make filedomain and file sets for root
     mkfdmn –r –t rz /dev/rz0a root_domain
     mkfset root_domain root
Restore root
     mount –t advfs root_domain#root /mnt
     cd /mnt
     vrestore -xvf /dev/nrmt0h (make sure the tape is aligned)
     cd /
Make some adjustments
     mkdir –p /mnt/etc/fdmns/root_domain
     mkdir –p /mnt/etc/fdmns/usr_domain
     ln –s /dev/rz0a /mnt/etc/fdmns/root_domain/rz0a
     ln –s /dev/rz0g /mnt/etc/fdmns/root_domain/rz0g
     cd /mnt/etc
     vi fstab
          add root_domain#root / advfs rw 1 0
          add usr_domain#usr /usr advfs rw 1 0
          comment the old lines for root and usr or remove them
          cd /
     umount /mnt
Make file domain and file sets for /usr
     mkfdmn –r –t rz /dev/rz0g usr_domain
     mkfset usr_domain usr
Restore usr
     mount –t advfs usr_domain#usr /mnt
     cd /mnt
     vrestore -xvf /dev/nrmt0h (make sure the tape is aligned)
     cd /

Boot system



Regards

MKMA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mohamed K. Ahmed" <mkahmed_at_vsc.teksystems.com>
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2002 8:36 am
Subject: AdvFS Magic Number Wrong

> Hi Admins,
>
> In my project of converting all my file systems from UFS to AdvFS
> on a AS2100 V 4.0G pk#3, I have encountered a problem with the root
> file system. After I finished the procedure below, I got the message
> while fsck'ing the root FS while booting:
>
> /dev/rz0a
> Bad Super Block: Magic Number Wrong
> /dev/rrz0a: Not Labeled as a BSD file system (AdvFS)
>
> I guess I have to make the rz0a bootable partition, but here is
> the procedure I followed from the UNIX manual (but I have to say that
> I used the SAME partition on the SAME disk:
> Backing up the root fs to a tape
> booting from CD
> makedevices
> mkfdmn -r -t rz /dev/rz0a root_domain
> mkfset root_domain root
> mount -t advfs root_domain#root /mnt
> cd /mnt
> vrestore -xv
> **Make it bootable **
> disklabel -r /dev/rrz0a > /tmp/rz0label
> disklabel -t advfs -r -R /dev/rrz0a /tmp/rz0label
> **Change fstab to reflect the new advfs root
> ** shutdown -h now and reboot
>
> Did I miss something
>
>
Received on Thu Nov 14 2002 - 18:41:30 NZDT

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