Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!natinst!sequoia!teb From: teb@sequoia.UUCP (Thomas E. Bernhard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: Make room! Make room! Message-ID: <514@sequoia.UUCP> Date: 19 May 89 21:02:15 GMT References: Reply-To: teb@sequoia.UUCP () Distribution: usa Organization: Drain Hole Systems Corp. Lines: 41 In article davidl@intelob.intel.com (David Levine) writes: >This is probably a very common question, but I haven't seen an answer >on comp.unix.aux in the last month, so here goes... > >The A/UX 80 Meg disk comes full of A/UX. I want to wipe out some of >the less-useful parts of A/UX and repartition the disk so as to have >at least 30 Meg (preferably 40) of MacOS partition. > I did this with A/UX 1.0 had had significant trouble. I tried to get smart and make the root and usr partition the same thus deleting the user partition and us NFS to suffice for most of my /usr system. I've had nothing but trouble. Any files requiring root access across the network don't work. >2. What are some obvious candidates for deletion? I will be the only >user on the system. > The stack swap space can always be compromised but swap space should be at least as big as memory as you have. Of course, you could try merging the root and usr partitions. >4. How do I perform the partition? Should I use Apple's HD SC Setup >or the A/UX dp (if that's what it's called) command? > You have to use Apple's HD SC Setup. Once you've repatitioned it is hard to convince Unix to use the new partitions. You have to go through the motions of making the partitions even though you've HD SC did it for you. All in all it is not worth your effort. It is easily justified given the amount of work involved of buying an external hard disk for your MacOs work. BTW, I was able to only free 23Megs for MacOs work :-( -- Tom Bernhard execu!teb@cs.utexas.edu Execucom Systems (512) 346-4980 Austin, Texas -- Tom Bernhard execu!teb@cs.utexas.edu Execucom Systems (512) 346-4980 Austin, Texas