ibarra@DPW.COM (Michael Ibarra) (03/08/91)
I have changed my hard drive from a 32 Meg CDC Wren to an 80 Meg CDC Wren II. I had a bad core set at the time so I just did a disk to disk copy from my 32 Meg to my new boot disk the CDC Wren II. I haave had no problems with this set-up, except that the partitions are still for a 32 Meg drive, not giving me the full storage available to me. I have the old CDC 32 Meg set up as /usr2 and I am going to keep it this way (unless I can hear of a better way?). I have the first drive partitioned for / & /usr, I wish to in- crease the partitions to reflect that of a CDC Wren II for / & /usr. I would rather not have to reload the operating system with a full core restore, as I already have alot of info on these and it would be very tedious backing up, thenreloading selective filesystems. Please respond to: cmcl2!esquire!ibarra or ibarra@dpw.com Voice: (212)530-4119 Thank you, Mike Ibarra
rag@genco.bungi.com (Art Gentry) (03/14/91)
In article <3101@esquire.dpw.com> ibarra@DPW.COM (Michael Ibarra) writes: > > I have changed my hard drive from a 32 Meg CDC Wren to an 80 Meg CDC >Wren II. I had a bad core set at the time so I just did a disk to disk copy >from my 32 Meg to my new boot disk the CDC Wren II. I haave had no problems >with this set-up, except that the partitions are still for a 32 Meg drive, >not giving me the full storage available to me. I have the old CDC 32 Meg >set up as /usr2 and I am going to keep it this way (unless I can hear of a >better way?). I have the first drive partitioned for / & /usr, I wish to in- >crease the partitions to reflect that of a CDC Wren II for / & /usr. I would >rather not have to reload the operating system with a full core restore, as I >already have alot of info on these and it would be very tedious backing up, thenreloading selective filesystems. To repartition a 3b drive, you have no choice but to do a full restore, but it's not as terrible as it may sound. First make a full backup of your current drive (I recommend making 2 complete backup sets), then do your full restore, but all you need to "install" is the essential utilities. After re-partitioning your disk, then restore your backups to the appropriate file systems. Make sure you set the flag to overwrite an existing file or you'll find you still have the default installed config files instead of your already config'd files (lp, uucp, /unix, etc.) As to the file system layouts, I would recommend that you put / and /usr on separate physical discs if possible. You'll find your response time may be drasticly improved. | R. Arthur Gentry -- Gentry & Associates -- Excelsior Springs, MO | | gentry@genco.bungi.com uunet!daver!genco!gentry 816-637-2443 | |Computer Consultants specializing in UNIX system admin, mgmt and security| | I am the boss - so my opinions DO count! |
josie@cbnewsk.att.com (jack.y.gross) (03/15/91)
In article <562@genco.bungi.com> rag@genco.bungi.com (Art Gentry (SysOp)) writes: >In article <3101@esquire.dpw.com> ibarra@DPW.COM (Michael Ibarra) writes: >> >> I have changed my hard drive from a 32 Meg CDC Wren to an 80 Meg CDC >>Wren II. I had a bad core set at the time so I just did a disk to disk copy >>from my 32 Meg to my new boot disk the CDC Wren II. I haave had no problems >>with this set-up, except that the partitions are still for a 32 Meg drive, >>not giving me the full storage available to me. I have the old CDC 32 Meg >>set up as /usr2 and I am going to keep it this way (unless I can hear of a >>better way?). I have the first drive partitioned for / & /usr, I wish to in- >>crease the partitions to reflect that of a CDC Wren II for / & /usr. I would >>rather not have to reload the operating system with a full core restore, as I >>already have alot of info on these and it would be very tedious backing up, thenreloading selective filesystems. > >To repartition a 3b drive, you have no choice but to do a full restore, but >it's not as terrible as it may sound. First make a full backup of your >current drive (I recommend making 2 complete backup sets), then do your >full restore, but all you need to "install" is the essential utilities. >After re-partitioning your disk, then restore your backups to the >appropriate file systems. Make sure you set the flag to overwrite an >existing file or you'll find you still have the default installed >config files instead of your already config'd files (lp, uucp, /unix, etc.) >As to the file system layouts, I would recommend that you put / and /usr >on separate physical discs if possible. You'll find your response time >may be drasticly improved. > >| R. Arthur Gentry -- Gentry & Associates -- Excelsior Springs, MO | >| gentry@genco.bungi.com uunet!daver!genco!gentry 816-637-2443 | >|Computer Consultants specializing in UNIX system admin, mgmt and security| >| I am the boss - so my opinions DO count! | NOT TRUE NOT TRUE. It is possible to repartition with fmthard. I already explained how to the poster. Jack Gross AT&T Bell Laboratories 307 Middletown Lincroft Rd. Lincroft NJ 07738 (201)576-3197