Subject: [netatalk-admins] HARD DRIVE PROBS.
From: Lu Lazar (webmaster@sharehouse.com)
Date: Mon Jun 21 1999 - 12:57:56 EDT
Hi,
Still having grief with this system. Can someone tell me how to configure
this puppy - as I'm a relative newbie to linux.
1. I have 2 drives (UDMA/IDE) that are 14 & 22 gig respectively. Both
drives have over 4000 cylanders. Whenever I install redhat 5 as "server"
it auto partitions and installs fine. EXCEPT that it only partitions the
14 gig drive (and it does so in a WIERD way - 16m, 10gig, 10gig, 256m,
256m, 64 swap.
2. When I try to fdisk the 22 gig drive manually - it says the boot
partition is too large. I suspect that it's cuz the 22 gig is set to
MASTER - and it's thinking that it is the boot - regardless of filesystem.
Now. How do I set up this system to accomodate the following needs for my
appletalk network:
a) Have all 10 mac compooters see 3 distinct "drives" in their chooser
1. Scans
2. Production
3. Fonts
b) There is no need for anyone to have a "home" directory - as their local
HDs will do. The problem I run across is that linux seems to have a limit
on partition size. How can I partition the drives smaller - yet make it
look as a large contiguous area (actually 3 large areas)?
c) Now. On previous attempts to install/configure netatalk (newest
redhat/asun rpm on a 2.0.36 kernel) seems to work just fine. I see the
linux box in the chooser BUT cannot log into it - I get a device not
available message.
1. running netstat does NOT show afpd as running - even though it is.
2. It broadcasts appletalk at startup fine - but that's all.
HELP!!!!
The person who can succesfully solve this dilemna gets a date with either
my sister, brother or farm animal (your preference) ... :)
Thanx in advance
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