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

[Derek Atkins]

I'm not sure what you mean by "make an AFS volume" -- what exactly are
you trying to do?  Do you mean a VICE partition for the server?  The
vice partitions do not need to be their own partitions.  Similarly,
the AFS Cache does not need its own partition, either, however it's
always best if it is.

Just mkdir /vicepa and you should be all set.

-derek

Seth Delackner <seth@jtan.com> writes:

> "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 /*" ?
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