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From: Tom <tom@sdf.com>
To: Charles Owens <owensc@enc.edu>
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Subject: RE: DPT install problem
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On Fri, 22 May 1998, Charles Owens wrote:

> On Fri, 22 May 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On 21-May-98 Tom wrote:
> > > 
> > >   I'm trying to use the boot-dpt 2.2.6-RELEASE floppy to bootstrap a new
> > > DPT based system.  However, sysinstall hangs after newfs'ing the
> > > filesystems.
> > > 
> > >   I'm using a 21GB array, with auto-defaults for the filesystems, so /usr
> > > is over 20GB in size.  If I delete /usr and replace it with a 500MB
> > > filesystem, leaving the remaining space unallocated, sysinstall has no
> > > problem completing the newfs step.
> > > 
> > >   Anyone else had problems with sysinstall on a mid-sized array like
> > > this?
> > 
> > Yup.  Me :-)
> > But not on 3.0-current.  I noticed that 2.2 does not like huge partitions,
> > but this is not consnstent.
> > 
> > Simon
> 
> This has me a bit nervous.  This July I will be implementing an NFS server
> with a 60GB DTP-based array.  My plan has been to use 2.2-stable... but
> perhaps 3.0-current is my only choice?  Is this -stable problem
> understood, with a fix coming any time soon?

  It is a sysinstall problem.  When bootstrapinng 2.2 onto your system,
leave most of the array unallocated, and disklabel and newfs it later.

> Any other concerns that I should be sweating about as I'm planning on
> building an array of this size?  (and it will probably double in size the
> following summer)

  Use good enclosures.

> Thanks,

Tom


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