[OpenAFS] Help with linux openafs kernel compile

[Derek Atkins]

Another word of warning now (rather than later).   You cannot
put an AFS Cache on an XFS partition.  If you want this machine
to act as an AFS Client, you will need to create an ext2 cache
partition.

-derek

Andrew Perrin <clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu> writes:

> the configure script isn't set executable. Try:
> 
> chmod a+x ./configure
> ./configure
> 
> ap
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
> Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
> clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu
> 
> 
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Adam Done wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is my first post to the list and new to openafs.  Ihave been having
> > some dificult times trying to compile my Debian GNU/Linux openAFS kernel
> > for the powerpc.
> >
> > I have installed the openAFS packages accordingly and started setting up
> > the cell name and such..  I bought the book "Managing AFS" by Richard
> > Campbell and read many of the docs on the openAFS website and still
> > can't to get a kernel compile for the server.  I have been trying
> > everything i know and everything comes out short.
> >
> > The System:
> >
> > Apple Xserv (1st eddition)
> > Running Debian GNU/Linux Powerpc unstable version
> > Running XFS sucessfully (patched it into a working 2.4.20 kernel)
> >
> >
> > openafs kernel modules installed in /usr/src/modules/openafs
> >
> >
> > Every time I do ./configure in the /usr/src/modules/openafs directory I
> > get:
> > -bash: ./configure: Permission denied
> >
> > This is very strange because I can configure and compile other source
> > files without any dificulty.
> >
> > Is there anyone on the list who can help shed more light onto my
> > delima?  I have been racking my brains on every thing there is to do to
> > get the system up and running.
> >
> > Thank you in advance,
> >
> > -Adam
> >
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