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01-16-2008, 10:19 AM
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 backup partition size determination? Hey gurus, I have partitioned my hardrive which is /root /swap /var /home /backup? What I am having difficulty with is that I could not create a backup parition becuase it is asking for full disk capacity to be mentioned when I create the backup partition. The full disk capacity is 18 gb (theretically), but when I punch in 18gb it give me an error. I tried a couple different options such 17gb, 16gb and so on, but nothing worked. Any ideas on how to tackle this situation. Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated. thanks.      |
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01-16-2008, 10:19 AM
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| Re: backup partition size determination? On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, learner wrote: > What I am having difficulty with is that I could not create a backup > parition becuase it is asking for full disk capacity to be mentioned > when I create the backup partition. The full disk capacity is 18 gb > (theretically), but when I punch in 18gb it give me an error. I tried You're not supposed to mount the backup slice (which is how it is created by default). In other words, don't touch slice 2! -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OpenSolaris CAB member CEO, My Online Home Inventory Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com |
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| Re: backup partition size determination? On Mar 7, 11:27 pm, Rich Teer <rich.t...@rite-group.com> wrote: > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, learner wrote: > > What I am having difficulty with is that I could not create a backup > > parition becuase it is asking for full disk capacity to be mentioned > > when I create the backup partition. The full disk capacity is 18 gb > > (theretically), but when I punch in 18gb it give me an error. I tried > > You're not supposed to mount the backup slice (which is how it is > created by default). In other words, don't touch slice 2! > > -- > Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OpenSolaris CAB member > > CEO, > My Online Home Inventory > > Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 > URLs:http://www.rite-group.com/rich > http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com thanks rich your the best |
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| Re: backup partition size determination? On Mar 7, 11:27 pm, Rich Teer <rich.t...@rite-group.com> wrote: > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, learner wrote: > > What I am having difficulty with is that I could not create a backup > > parition becuase it is asking for full disk capacity to be mentioned > > when I create the backup partition. The full disk capacity is 18 gb > > (theretically), but when I punch in 18gb it give me an error. I tried > > You're not supposed to mount the backup slice (which is how it is > created by default). In other words, don't touch slice 2! > > -- > Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OpenSolaris CAB member > > CEO, > My Online Home Inventory > > Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 > URLs:http://www.rite-group.com/rich > http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com Hey Rich, is /usr and /backup the samething I ask becuase when I select a predefined partition table from the menu it uses /usr as slice2. Is it something I should be worried about? Or is this normal? By the way I am using ZOC 5.07 as my terminal session client. Putty was crashing and hanging up the server every few seconds. thanks |
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| Re: backup partition size determination? On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, learner wrote: > Hey Rich, > is > /usr and /backup the samething Nope. > I ask becuase when I select a predefined partition table from the menu > it uses /usr as slice2. Is it something I should be worried about? > Or is this normal? It's definately not normal! During a fresh install, slice 0 will be /, slice 1 will be swap, and slice 2 will be backup (note: not /backup). The rest of the disk is usually given to /export/home, usually as slice 7. Slices 0 and 1 are set to vaguely reasonable values (which I think are way too small), and slice 2 is the whole disk. I strongly recommend NOT having a separate /usr. -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OpenSolaris CAB member CEO, My Online Home Inventory Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com |
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| Re: backup partition size determination? On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, learner wrote: > thanks rich > your the best You're welcome! -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OpenSolaris CAB member CEO, My Online Home Inventory Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com |
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| Re: backup partition size determination? hey rich, is /usr and /backup the samething? I am aksing you becuase when I was partitioning the hdd I chose to use original table and it changed slice 2 to usr? Does this make a differnce? Do you know what exactly is /opt? should I create a /tmp? |
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| Re: backup partition size determination? On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, learner wrote: > hey rich, > is > /usr and > /backup > the samething? Nope; see my other response in this thread for more details. -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OpenSolaris CAB member CEO, My Online Home Inventory Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com |
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