[OpenAFS] Please...help... os x installation woes

[Seth Delackner]

"Derek Atkins" <warlord@MIT.EDU> wrote on 27 Apr 2002 14:40:46 -0400:

> Here's the issue:  Ubik specifically ignores localhost (127.0.0.1)
> and MUST have a "real" IP Address.  It determines its own IP Address
> partially from its own hostname.  If it cannot resolve its own
> hostname (serv.linux.bogus, I guess) then it will fail.
> 
> Make sure that serv.linux.bogus resolves to a "real"
> (i.e. non-localhost) IP address.

I don't know how hostname was getting set, but I ran hostname to change
the hostname to mac.linux.bogus, and now things are moving along quite
nicely!  Thanks for the help.  As someone who has always used
/etc/hosts, I feel really lost getting dns (named) working.

But now I have a roadblock.  I cringe in fear at the thought of
partitioning my brand new OS X machine because it is configured so
nicely and I don't want to destroy the existing partitions.

So, is there a way I can either make an AFS volume that is not its own
partition?  Something like (not tested):
	ln -s /just_a_directory /dev/fakedev
	<afs command to make a volume> /dev/fakedev

Or is there some safe way to cut a chunk off of my existing partition? 
I am used to Linux, which has tools like fips to do this.  Of course
backing up would be nice, but I have not a clue as to how I would do a
full (restorable) system backup.  What would I even tar? "tar zcpf
/backup.tgz /*" ?