topic Re: /stand on vxfs in Operating System - HP-UX

/stand on vxfs

EML — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:09:01 GMT

I've had always seen /stand on hfs, I have never bothered to research before why.

So, why does it have to be on hfs always? Can I have it in vxfs in HP-UX 11xxxx so that I can manage it using OnlineJFS?

Re: /stand on vxfs

Paul Sperry — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:11:49 GMT

No stand has to be hfs even on 11.X

Re: /stand on vxfs

Dietmar Konermann — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:12:47 GMT

No, the boot loader would be unable to load the kernel. VxFS support would be too complicated for this litte proggie. :-)

Re: /stand on vxfs

A. Clay Stephenson — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:13:58 GMT

No, the firmware knows nothing about vsfs only hfs. After /stand is loaded the system can then 'learn' how to deal with vxfs.

Re: /stand on vxfs

Pete Randall — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:22:30 GMT

And /stand *should* be so stable that there's no need to manage it as long as it's been properly sized to start with.

Pete

Re: /stand on vxfs

Jose Mosquera — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:38:22 GMT

Hi,

No, you can't the /stand must be hfs always. /stand needs to be of the older HP filesystem type HFS as this is the only type supported by HP to boot off. The /stand filesystem must be contiguous and must be the first filesystem on the boot volume. The total size of /stand would also be limited by the ability of the loader to access it (man lvlnboot)

Rgds.