[OpenAFS] Newbie Question

Dexter 'Kim' Kimball dhk@ccre.com
Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:12:43 -0700


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Mike, I misspoke -- the name of the fileserver partition mount point does
make a difference -- the first part of the mount point must be /vicep  --
the fileserver doesn't look for names other than /vicep??

Kim

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Dexter 'Kim' Kimball [mailto:dhk@ccre.com] 
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:04 AM
> To:	marena23@hotmail.com
> Cc:	Openafs-Info@Openafs.Org
> Subject:	RE: Re: [OpenAFS] Newbie Question
> 
> The "make dest" will create a tree from which you can copy the files
> referred to in the QuickStart instructions at the URL below.
> 
> By default it creates a directory just below the top directory.  The
> directory will look something like "linux_2.x_i386 ..."
> 
> QuickStart will instruct you to copy some files from CD.  Instead of CD,
> you'll copy them from the "linux_2.x_...." directory.
> 
> The fileserver partition can be called /'vicep? where ? equals any
> character.  /vicepa is a good place to start IMO.  Name doesn't make any
> difference but must be a partition, not a directory.  (can also use
> /vicep?? up to ?? = mn ... I could be wrong about the mn)
> 
> /usr/vice/cache is used by the cache manager (AFS client) to cache
> data/files it retrieves from AFS servers.  It doesn't _have_ to be on its
> own partition, but is much easier to manage if it is.
> 
> If you've got enough RAM you can cache to memory instead.  I recommend
> cacheing to disk, even if the partition you cache to is just 100 MB or so.
> Memory cache has a history of causing instability on some platforms, so,
> IMO, I wouldn't use it until the machine's up and running and you're sure
> there are no other problems.  I use mem cache with OpenAFS 1.2.11 and RH9
> without issues, but have had problems in the past and am not sure of
> Fedora.  Others on the list may be able to better advise.
> 
> So, if you haven't, go ahead and "make dest" and look for the resulting
> directory.
> 
> Kim
> 
> 
> 	 -----Original Message-----
> 	From: 	Dexter 'Kim' Kimball [mailto:dhk@ccre.com] 
> 	Sent:	Tuesday, March 30, 2004 6:28 AM
> 	To:	marena23@hotmail.com
> 	Subject:	Re: [OpenAFS] Newbie Question
> 
> 	Hi Mike,
> 
> 	http://www.openafs.org/pages/doc/QuickStartUnix/auqbg005.htm#HDRWQ18
> will give you the instructions for installing the first AFS server
> 
> 	You'll need to create at least two partitions
> 
> 	A "vice partition" for the fileserver and a cache partition for the
> AFS client.
> 
> 	As a further piece of detective work, what do you see when you 
> 
> 	$ ls /usr/sbin/vos
> 
> 	Also, try "make dest"
> 
> 	Did you try using the RPMs for RH9?
> 
> 	Kim
> 
> 
> 
> 	On 3/29/2004 6:13:02 PM, Mike Arena (marena23@hotmail.com) wrote:
> 	> Kim,
> 	> I guess that's my problem, I have nothing in those folders. I
> don't know
> 	> where I went wrong. I unpacked
> 	> openafs-1.2.11-src.tar into /root then ran ./configure, then make,
> and
> 	> finally make install. How do I create my cell and get this going
> from this
> 	> 
> 	> point? The output of my df command is:
> 	> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> 	> /dev/hda2              5842664   2899216   2646648  53% /
> 	> /dev/hda1               101086      6348     89519   7% /boot
> 	> none                     62960         0     62960   0% /dev/shm
> 	> 
> 	> I also have nothing in /usr/afs/local/BosConfig. Sorry if this
> seems like
> 	> 
> 	> too basic of a question for you. I reread everything over and over
> to see
> 	> 
> 	> what I missed I just can't figure out how to get from where I am
> not to
> 	> actually creating my cell and serving up content.
> 	> 
> 	> Any help or documentation you could give is greatly appreciated,
> 	> thanks,
> 	> Mike
> 

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