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From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
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Subject: 4.0.3 install problems
Keywords: Miscellaneous
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Date: 4 Mar 90 15:28:37 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 66, message 10

Two very strange problems installing 4.0.3 on a 3/50:

1) Putting swap in the middle of the disk seemed like a good idea.  Don't
try it - suninstall will rearrange and mess things up without any
warnings.  Apparently it must be right after root.

2) I decided to newfs my /usr/spool partition to be better suited for
news.  I made the block size 4096 and the fragment size 512.  Don't do it
- the kernel will panic with "panic: segmap_unlock".

Can anyone tell me suggested block/inode ratios for a /usr/spool/news
partition?  Given that the files are small and much fragmentation is going
to occur anyway, should I save 10% by not reserving any free space?  

General comment:  Sun has a long was to go in making installs simple and
user friendly.

Jon Zeeff    	zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us  or b-tech!zeeff