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Article #4640Re: Why doesn't Ultrix allow "a" partitions to shrink?
From: zemon
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1987 19:14
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1987 19:14
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In article <12964@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.UUCP (Michael Khaw) writes: >I forgot to add that my system runs Ultrix 1.2 > >To expand a bit more, what if I make the "b" partition *partially* overlap >the "a" partition, and use /etc/newfs to build a 1-cylinder filesystem on >"a" and use "b" for swapping/paging -- am I asking for trouble? > >Mike Khaw We are running Ultrix 2.0 and I have had no trouble placing a raw database partition in a chunk of disk that partially overlays partition a. I build a file system on partition a so there would be a valid superblock, built my partition tabke with /etc/chpt, and then proceded to clobber most of the file system with my DBMS. Since I never mess with the file system and the DBMS cannot overwrite the partition table at the beginning, all is well. -- Art Z. -- -- Art Zemon FileNet Corporation Costa Mesa, California ...!hplabs!felix!zemon
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!oliveb!felix!zemon From: zemon@felix.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Why doesn't Ultrix allow "a" partitions to shrink? Message-ID: <2903@felix.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jun-87 15:14:28 EDT Article-I.D.: felix.2903 Posted: Tue Jun 2 15:14:28 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jun-87 06:43:01 EDT References: <12963@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> <12964@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> Sender: daemon@felix.UUCP Reply-To: zemon@felix.UUCP (Art Zemon) Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA Lines: 24 Keywords: Ultrix disk parition a only grows