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From: barad@rampart.tulane.edu (Herb Barad)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Disk partitions: autorecovery, aux-root, swap, etc.
Keywords: dp(1), disk partitions, A/UX
Message-ID: <8@rampart.tulane.edu>
Date: 11 Jul 88 18:16:28 GMT
Reply-To: barad@tulane.UUCP
Organization: E.E. Dept., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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I have a Dataframe 150XP and I've set it up for A/UX.  I did this
using dp and created only 1 partition: the A/UX root partition.

I did not create any autorecovery, eschatology, Mac_HFS, or swap
partitions.  I've heard from SuperMac that their current driver
does not support Mac_HFS partitions (please inform me if I'm wrong).
This doesn't bother me that much, but I don't have other
partitions like swap and the eschatology partitions.

How do I create these?  I can make a tar tape and save what I've got.
Do I have to reformat the disk?  How big do each of the partitions
have to be?

If I don't have a swap partition, does this imply that I'm not taking
advantage of virtual memory?

Has anyone formatted their own A/UX disk (especially a Dataframe)?
How did you make the different partitions.  I finally have the manuals
now, but the description of dp(1) is not too clear regarding
partitioning strategy.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
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Herb Barad	Electrical Engineering Dept., Tulane Univ.
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