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Re: changing disk configuration with VRM

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From: Jim Repass
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:17
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In article <1ikvmjINNg75@shelley.u.washington.edu>, ganter@carson.u.washington.edu (Mark Ganter) writes:
> I had this old RT running for about three years.  Several IBM
> products had been installed which produced hard drive partitions
> and links to them with VRM.  I wanted to recover and reuse the
> space.  I so deleted the partitions using minidisks.  I then 
> created a new partition using minidisks.  Now to the question.
> What do I need to do to make VRM happy?  On boot its gives me
> errors about the vrm configuration.  It is complaining about the
> partitions I deleted.  What tool do I use to tell VRM that these
> partitions are deleted?
  
You used the right tools. There must be something else wrong. Was something
added to /etc/rc "manually" when these partitions were created?
> 
> P.S.  I checked the manuals and I booted the VRM floppies.  I 
> checked the configuration and it looks OK.  Do I need to install
> VRM again after I get the configuration correct?  

Not if minidisks is working.

> 
> I feel foolish asking because I just can't seem to remember or find
> the correct steps to make this process happen.  I'm sure that two
> years ago it would have been obvious.  Thanks for any help provided.
> 
> Mark Ganter/Univ of Washington/Dept of Mech Engr/FU-10/Seattle, WA 98195 USA
> ganter@u.washington.edu
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