Jeffrey Hutzelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> - With the inode-based fileserver, it is safe to put non-AFS files in
> a vice partition, but having multiple /vicep* on the same physical
> filesystem would be bad, and could well lead to filesystem corruption
> (not so much during operation as during a salvage). So, it just won't
> let you do that. With a namei server, there is no such concern, and
> you can create /vicepx/AlwaysAttach and the partition will be attached
> even though it is not a filesystem root.
Jeff, thanks for responding. The rest of your response (and the
others) made sense and were really helpful.
Regarding the paragraph above, I know what inodes are and the point of
the namei() system call, but I wasn't aware that AFS fileserver
instances came in two "flavors" with these names, or their exact
meaning in this particular context (though I can take a guess).
Can you point me to further documentation on this administrative
decision and its implementation consequences?
Thanks again,
- a
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