Dr. Tom Blinn and Nikola Milutinovic gave helpful pointers, along with many
others.
i was acting stupid, not discovering that some filesystems are mounted rw
during the setup. thinking everything was read only, i thought there was no
way i could create the /etc/fdmns directory, and because of this, i didn't
even try. stupid me.
for some easy steps on creating the /etc/fdmns directory, Nix wrote:
# (cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV rz0)
# mkdir -p /etc/fdmns/root_domain ; cd /etc/fdmns; mkdir usr_domain
# (cd root_domain ; ln -s /dev/rz0a)
# (cd usr_domain ; ln -s /dev/rz0g)
# mount -t advfs root_domain#root /mnt
and of course after these links and directories are created, mounting is
easy.
--Brandon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Smith [SMTP:brandon.smith_at_totaltec.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 9:07 AM
> To: tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov
> Subject: shell window option on install CD
>
> i was playing w/ the shell window on the 5.1 install CD. during the
> startup install, you can view the shell to view/mount filesystems and make
> repairs, etc.
>
> i was trying new things when i decided to run the install CD, take the
> shell window option, and mount my filesystems. i wanted to try this now
> to see if it's a good feature before i'm forced to try it because of file
> corruption, etc. i tried mounting my AdvFS domains and fsets and was
> unable to, and i realized why after i tried (no /etc/fdmns directory?).
>
> any way to make this work? mounting AdvFS domains/fsets within the shell
> window in the install CD? or is this just a feature for UFS?
>
> --Brandon
>
Received on Tue Mar 27 2001 - 20:28:42 NZST