[OpenAFS] Installation of OpenAFS on Ubuntu 11.10

Derrick Brashear shadow@gmail.com
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:32:45 -0400


1.7? sounds like 'latest greatest syndrome'. no one ever suggested a 1.7 rel=
ease for anything but Windows.

Derrick


On Mar 28, 2012, at 11:25, Xianwei Zhang <XIZ81@pitt.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
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> I am doing a project to optimize the backup of OpenAFS. Now I am
> installing the server on my ubuntu 11.10. I got stuck on creating root.afs=

> volume.
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> $ ./vos create 130.49.223.224 vicepa root.afs =E2=80=93noauth
> Failed to create the volume root.afs 0
>    : Argument list too long
> : Argument list too long
> Error in vos create command.
>                        : Argument list too long
> $ ./vos create 130.49.223.224 vicepa root.afs =E2=80=93noauth
> Could not create a VLDB entry for the volume root.afs 3
> VLDB: index was out of range
> Error in vos create command.
> VLDB: index was out of range
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> The VolserLog says:
> Starting AFS Volserver 2.0 (/usr/afs/bin/volserver)
> 1 Volser: CreateVolume: missing volume number; root.afs volume not created=

> 1 Volser: CreateVolume: Volume 3 (root.afs) created
> 1 Volser: Delete: Volume 3 deleted
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> The FileLog says:
> File Server started (Date)
> fssync: breaking all call backs for volume 3
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> No VLLog and SalvageLog are there.
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> I install from the source code of version 1.7.1 on ubuntu 11.10 and
> attached is the step-by-step record of my install operations. Could you
> plz have a read of that to verify that the operations are complete and
> correct. I have been puzzled by this for a whole week.
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> Thank you in advance.
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> Regards,
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> <install steps.pdf>