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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Help with installing/partioning/Sol8 Post 35464 by finster on Monday 14th of April 2003 01:51:45 PM
Old 04-14-2003
I would like to treat it as a production box......and install packages....other software...etc. Rather not just put it all as /.

Aren't u required to have other partitions?(/var, /usr, /swap...etc?)

What are these default partitions mainly used for....which one should be the largest, second largest, and so on. (I know it matters what the box is going to be used for which will probrably determine this).

Eventually I would like to learn how to make this a general web server(file server).

How would you set the partitions largest to smallest? Should/can I incorporated the second disk with the installation (/var, /usr/) or leave it as /export/home/extra for large files or extra storage?

I have no clue, but I would rather learn now then having to keep reinstalling and setting up new partitions each time I run out of room.

Thanks in advance....
 

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AMSTATUS(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       AMSTATUS(8)

NAME
amstatus - display the state of an Amanda run SYNOPSIS
amstatus [--config] config [--file amdumpfile ] [--summary] [--dumping] [--waitdumping] [--waittaper] [--dumpingtape] [--writingtape] [--finished] [--failed] [--estimate] [--gestimate] [--stats] DESCRIPTION
Amstatus gives the current state of the Amanda run specified by the config configuration. It may also be used after a run to summarize the results. See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda. OPTIONS
All options may be abbreviated to the shortest non-ambiguous sub-string. If no options are given, everything is displayed. [--config] config Specify the Amanda configuration you want to display the state for. --file amdumpfile Specify an alternate file instead of the amdump file. --summary Display a summary of the state of the run. --dumping Display all partitions that are dumping. --waitdumping|wdumping Display all partitions that are waiting to be dumped. --waittaper|wtaper Display all partitions dumped that are waiting to be written to tape. --dumpingtape|dtape Display all partitions that are dumping directly to tape. --writingtape|wtape Display all partitions that are writing to tape. --finished Display all partitions that are dumped and written to tape. --failed|error Display all partitions that failed. --estimate Display all partitions whose estimate is finished. Works only during the estimate phase. --gestimate|gettingestimate Display all partitions whose estimate is not finished. Works only during the estimate phase. --stats|statistics Display statistics about active-time of taper and dumpers. SEE ALSO
amanda(8), amcheck(8), amdump(8), amrestore(8), amadmin(8) AMSTATUS(8)
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