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- Subject: AT&T SVR3.2.2/386 hard disk partitions
- Message-ID: <92321.232653AASSI@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- From: <AASSI@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Date: Monday, 16 Nov 1992 23:26:53 EST
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- Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
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- I installed AT&T UNIX on a 386/33 ISA with 16 MB RAM, DPT ESDI with 4.5MB
- cache and a MAXTOR 330 MB HD. Installation partitions the HD to 10% DOS
- PARITION and the rest to UNIX by default; I selected 9% DOS 71% UNIX
- and left the 20% UNUSED. (I figured I might create another filesystem later.)
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- - Problem #1: How can I access the 3rd parition (20%) in UNIX as a file-
- system using the "mkfs" command? what is that parition called?
- Is it reasonable to set it up as a spare 'root' fs with
- some critical utilities?
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- - Problem #2: I frequently need to 'doscp' unix files to the dos parition,
- and the doscp process hangs when I'm writing large files 1+MEG
- Weird directories are created on dos somtimes that I had to
- use NORTON in dos to remove them. I formatted the DOS
- parition with 3.0 3.3 & 5.0 versions of DOS to no avail.
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- - Problem #3: WIndows 3.0 hangs at startup screen when I run it after booting
- from the DOS parition.
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- - Problem #4: Why does 'root' file free block count become out of sync with
- copy in memory if machine is not shutdown after 20+ users
- use it for wp daily for 1 month? e.g. fsck shows ,say, 40% free
- and dfspace shows 0.5% free.
- HOW DO YOU RECOVE FROM THIS? I had to reinstall system twice.
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- Thanks for any advice you might send, either email or ,if useful to others,
- netnews.
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