[OpenAFS] Re: With 1.4.12, can /vicep partitions be plain directories?
Thomas Briggs
tbriggs@cs.ship.edu
Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:15:02 -0400
On Sep 28, 2010, at 4:07 PM, Andrew Deason wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:03:08 -0400
> Phillip Moore <w.phillip.moore@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
>> Is it not possible to use plain old directories for the /vicep
>> partitions?
>=20
> It is. 'touch /vicepa/AlwaysAttach' and restart the fileserver
> processes.
Thanks! thats new to me too! In the past, I've used the loopback =
concept:
# make a 1G file
dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/bigmount/vicepa bs=3D1k count=3D1000000
# mkfs on it - ignore complaints about it being a file
mkfs /bigmount/vicepa
# set up loopback mount on it
mount /bigmount/vicepa /vicepa -oloop
the above can be added to /etc/fstab. it works fine on linux / mac for =
testing, probably not optimal for production. mileage may vary.=