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From: wilsonj@texas.UUCP (Jay Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Disk partitioning
Summary: We use it.
Message-ID: <4c51b806.1fa4d@texas.UUCP>
Date: 20 Aug 90 21:38:38 GMT
References: <1834@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au>
Organization: gte
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In article <1834@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au>, gyp@maadfa.ma.adfa.oz.au (Patrick Tang Guan Yaw) writes:
> 
> and so on.  I have been given the impression that the formal is
> the norm as far as apollo is concerned.  Am I right? Is there a 
> reason NOT to do so?   For all system administrators out there, 
> how many of you actually partition your disk and what is/are
> your main reason(s) for partitioning your disk.
> 

We use disk partitioning, to prevent nodes from crashing when they run  
out of disk space.  We currently have 25 file servers with the operating
system isolated from the rest of the disk.  I will mention that before
sr10.1, disk partitioning was VERY unreliable.  Also, if you wish to the
partitioned section of the disk automaticly mount/dismount at boot/shut,
use the BSD mount command.  The SYSV mount command does not always work.