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problem in ARLA FreeBSD installation instructions
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 12:57:21 -0600
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From: "Todd A. Rannow" <rannow@networkcs.com>
Subject: problem in ARLA FreeBSD installation instructions
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We had a problem starting up arla on a FreeBSD 2.2.8 system because the
instructions in the INSTALL file are inaccurate.
For FreeBSD the INSTALL file says:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
FreeBSD
Do like in {Net|Open} except for doing the modload you can just do:
mkdir /lkm
cp /usr/arla/bin/xfs_mod.o /lkm/xfs_mod.o
And mount_xfs vill load the filesystem into the kernel.
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The {Net|Open} instructions referred to above are:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
{Net|Open}BSD:
modload -e xfs_mod -o /var/tmp/symbols -p /usr/arla/bin/xfs_makedev
/usr/arla/bin/xfs_mod.o
mkdir /afs
/usr/arla/bin/mount_xfs /dev/xfs0 /afs
/usr/arla/bin/arlad
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What I did to start arla:
/lkm/xfs_mod.o already existed on our FreeBSD system, so I skipped those
steps. The instructions (above) for FreeBSD seem to say I should skip
the modload, so I skipped that step. The next step is "mkdir /afs", and
that worked fine. Now here comes the problem.
The next step, "/usr/arla/bin/mount_xfs /dev/xfs0 /afs", does not work
because /dev/xfs0 does not exist.
Though the instructions say, "except for doing the modload," at this
point we decided to try it anyhow. It worked and created the /dev/xfs0!
Then we did the remaining steps and everything worked fine.
Summary
The instructions in the INSTALL file for FreeBSD are wrong if this is a
first time start up of arla. The modload must be done the first time
so that the /dev/xfs0 will be created.
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Todd Rannow Systems Software email: rannow@networkcs.com
Network Computing Services, Inc. phone: (612) 337-3529
