randy@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (RANDALL SCHRICKEL (NCE) x7661) (11/05/90)
Still working on a very slow transition to 7.0. (Thanx to INGRES for that, not HP.) I heard a long time back that the partitioning scheme was to be much more flexible in 7.0. Can't find my printed copy of the release notes; and the on- line copy says "See the printed release notes". Could anyone offer some insight into what new can be done in 7.0? I'd basically just like to change the part- ition sizes to anything I'd like. I'd also like to know what's in the printed notes that I'm missing. Thanx. -- Randy Schrickel randy@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Laurel, MD 20723 "Life goes on, long after the thrill of living has gone."
joseph@hpuplca.HP.COM ( Joseph Hohl ) (11/06/90)
> Still working on a very slow transition to 7.0. (Thanx to INGRES for that, not > HP.) I heard a long time back that the partitioning scheme was to be much more > flexible in 7.0. Can't find my printed copy of the release notes; and the on- > line copy says "See the printed release notes". Can anyone offer some insight > into what new can be done in 7.0? I'd basically just like to change the part- > ition sizes to anything I'd like. I'd also like to know what's in the printed > notes that I'm missing. Thanx. > -- > Randy Schrickel randy@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu > Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab > Laurel, MD 20723 > "Life goes on, long after the thrill of living has gone." > ---------- The 7.0 release provided additional partitions over release 3.1. Sections 12 through 15 are the additional partitions. The disktab file shows the partition layout in it's comments as follows: # # This file contains the disktab entries for the current sectioning # scheme # # Note that sector sizes are in terms of DEV_BSIZE units which is # defined to be 1024 bytes. # # # Section layout: # # ----------------------------------------- # 6 ^ ^ # ---------------------- | --- | # 0 15 | 7 ^ | # --------- | | | # ------------- | | | # 1 14 ^ v | | # ------------------ | -------- | | 2 # 10 | ^ | | # ------------------ | | | | # 3 ^ | 13 | | | # ----------- | | | 11 | 12 | # 4 ^ | 8 | | | | # ------ | 9 | | | | | # 5 v v v v v v # ----------------------------------------- # # # The default layouts for file systems is as follows: # # Common for all devices: # # Section 6 boot section # Section 0 root file system # Section 1 swap section # Section 3 /tmp # # For most devices (no Section 10): # Section 4 /usr # Section 5 /mnt # # For larger devices (have Section 10): # Section 4 /usr # Section 5 /extra # Section 10 /mnt # # For very small devices (no Section 4 or 10): # Section 5 /usr # # If a user wants to recreates /tmp section, we recommend it block size 8k and # fragment size 8k also for optimum performance. For all other sections # We recommend the default block size of 8k and fragment size of 1k for a # good tradeoff of space saving and performance.
jsadler@misty.boeing.com (Jim Sadler) (11/06/90)
>The 7.0 release provided additional partitions over release 3.1. Sections >12 through 15 are the additional partitions. The disktab file shows the >partition layout in it's comments as follows: Adding 4 partitions sizes to the stupid idiotic ^%T^#^$@#@$!!, choices that HP provides, is NOT!! what I call flexible. Everytime that I install a new system, HP's scheme of partitioning drives me NUTS!! It NEVER fits the application for which the machine was bought. It cause security problems because of HP refusual to support a modern NFS (there is this ability of NFS to export directories(heard of it HP?)) I've complained about this before over a year (or was it 2 years?) ago. If Boeing manufactured airliners like HP does software we would be flying canvas covered aircraft. In case you can't tell I installed another 8XX machine and its partitions don't make sense either. jim sadler 206-234-9009 email uunet!bcstec!jsadler | jsadler@misty.boeing.com