[OpenAFS-devel] Solaris AFS partition becomes corrupt after mounting

[Frank Batschulat]

Tim Spriggs wrote:
>>>/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s5 /vicepa afs 3 yes nologging
>>
>>Is it possible to figure out that the /vicep* we are on is logging and
>>then refuse to use such a partition?

how about having the afs mount command/process to check for the
underlying UFS filesystem's mount option "logging" via hasmntopt(),
see getmntent(3C) before performing the actual AFS mount on top of it ?

Note, since Solaris 10 and Solaris 9 Update 7, logging is the default
mount option now.

---
frankB

> 
> What would be even better is an install script/process for any given os.
> Detection of the system type would be easy and certain caveats could be
> easily incorporated into the install based on system/os type. Obviously,
> the easiest thing is to add a line to the documentation but a great
> long-term solution would be an install process that you don't have to read
> through a doc, find a bunch of files to copy by hand, patch init scripts
> by hand, create filesystems and debug known problems etc.
> 
> I would be happy to test/help modify such a beast on a Solaris 9 machine I
> have in my office. It is sitting here for the sole purpose of test-bedding
> afs for use in our dept.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Tim
> 
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> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Harald Barth wrote:
> 
> 
>>There are some known combinations of OS and file systems which are
>>"less recommended" (ie does not work) for fileserver (and cache manager).
>>
>>A sign "do not cross line" is good. A fence is sometimes better.
>>
>>Harald.
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