rhealey@digibd.com (Rob Healey) (03/28/91)
Is is possible to use the ufs file system as the root file system? Will a tape installation allow you to choose which file system you wish to use and to partition the disk as well? I have worked with 386, boo hiss, SVR4's at work and as part of the tape installation they ask what file system types you want to use as root /usr /home etc. and also let you set up your own partitioning if you think the defaults stink, which they do... My shiny new A300UX is "in the mail" so I'm curious as to how painful it will be to set it up like I want it rather than how C= feels I should want it... And yes, I ordered the 150M tape unit at the same time as the main unit. Thanks! -Rob -- Rob Healey rhealey@digibd.com Digi International (DigiBoard) St. Louis Park, MN (612) 922-8055
ford@amix.commodore.com (Mike "Ford" Ditto) (04/05/91)
rhealey@digibd.com (Rob Healey) writes: > Is is possible to use the ufs file system as the root file system? Prior to version 2, the kernel will only try s5 for the root file system. You can change this, if you feel brave, by zeroing out the "rootfs" variable in the kernel in the boot partition. (Instructions for the latter available on request). > Will a tape installation allow you to choose which file system > you wish to use and to partition the disk as well? Unfortunately, the Berkeley filesystem code in SVR4 is sufficiently buggy that we do not recommend its use or provide an easy way to use it for the root filesystem. AT&T knows about the bugs and has a fixed version but does not give it to us SVR4 licensees, prefering to sell it for many thousands of dollars instead. A future Amiga Unix version will have a fixed ufs, though, whether we get the AT&T fixes or attack it ourselves. If I sound angry about this, you guessed it. We want to make ufs work, but we have had more urgent problems to work on. -=] Ford [=- "A just machine to make big decisions (In Real Life: Mike Ditto) programmed by fellows with compassion ford@amix.commodore.com and vision." - Donald Fagen, "IGY" uunet!cbmvax!ditto ford@kenobi.commodore.com