Thank you very much. I've just started looking at OpenAFS as a possible solution. I'll ajk jeeves for the man on losetup.
> > From: Joshua Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/01/02 Fri PM 01:33:27 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] OpenAFS and XFS (Linux) > > man losetup(8) > Will tell you how to create the loopback partition (on Linux). > ** NO encryption, NO password > My partition is called "/var/cache/openafs.file" > > My /etc/fstab has a new entry for the cache partition: > > -- /dev/hda2 / xfs defaults 1 1 > >> /var/cache/openafs.file /var/cache/openafs ext2 defaults,loop 0 0 > -- ... > > This is SuSE 8.2 Intel, SuSE Openafs 1.2.8 (dist rpm's) > Cachesize is ~ 256MB > I found chunksize=18 (2^18 or 256KB) to be about right > (Thats for my situation, you should learn what is right for you, see the > docs & wiki & archives) > > Works fine. Everyday use for >4 months, homedir(2.5GB) & apps (Mozilla, > JAVA, OpenOffice, etc. etc.) on AFS. > > Best, > > > Joshua Johnson > > --On Friday, January 02, 2004 12:59:15 PM -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > Which manual? I'm wading through the admin guide for AFS right now after > > looking at the FAQs and other docs and so far haven't seen this > > addressed. Someone has suggested a loop mount point of a file system > > that is ext2/3 so I may try that. > > > >> > >> > >> > At this time I don't have any partitions available and don't want to > >> > have to create them. > >> > >> RTFM. > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenAFS-info mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info > > > > > _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
