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  • 1. is this a proper way to implement lofs - virtual file system
    Using SunOS 5.8 on unix sparc. have mountpoints /opt and /mssc and want to move everything from /opt to /mssc to an lofs off a directory in /mssc 1. Create a new directory under /mssc: % mkdir /mssc/opt/home/apps" 2. Copy everything from old location to the new directory maintian persmissions: % cp -rp /opt/home/apps /mssc/opt/home/apps" 3. Change ownership on all files and subfolders: % chown -R coopcomp:coopcomp /mssc/opt/home/apps" 4. Rename old directory assigning it a different name: % mv /opt/home/apps /opt/home/apps_old" 5. Create lofs mount of /mssc/opt/home/apps on /opt/home/apps by following these steps: A. Add the following entry to the end of /etc/vfstab file: /mssc/opt/home/apps - /opt/home/apps lofs - yes - B. Execute mountall command for lofs file system type to mount this new mount point: % mountall -F lofs" is this all we need?
  • 2. __Cimpl::ex_unexpected and __Crun::ex_chk_unexpected() in 'pstack core'
    As I understand, there are some cases where the software exhibits undefined behaviour(it leads to process crash also). The following is excerpt of one of 'pstack core|c++filt' information taken for such a process crash. core 'core' of 7327: TEST_PROCESS 2 300 ----------------- lwp# 1 / thread# 1 -------------------- fef1efd0 _lwp_kill (6, 0, 0, ffffffff, fef403bc, fefa4818) + 8 feeb595c abort (fef3c000, fefbaa60, fefba740, 15878, ff192e28, fefa43b8) + 100 fefa4340 void __Cimpl::ex_unexpected() (ffbdc160, ff2dab24, fefbaa60, ff2dab28, 0, 1) + 14 fefa5420 void __Crun::ex_chk_unexpected() (fefbaa60, 0, fefa50d8, 0, 14ce4, 0) + 90 ff192e48 retObject*className::methodName(long long,ObjectFactory::Type&) (389dc0, 5270000, b, ffbdc45c, ff28fb9e, 392b20) + e8 __Cimpl::ex_unexpected() and __Crun::ex_chk_unexpected() are the few functions which are shown inthe stack. I really don't understand, what exactly they indicate. I have observed a commonality among these crashes wherever these 2 functions figure in the function stacks. All such crashes are not reproduceable at all(or may be just too difficult). They do not recur again. Any idea of what could be the cause? How do you circumvent it? Thanks!
  • 3. But is it stable and or safe, and security or stabolity issues?
    In article <40f4f2f0$0$14941$ XXXX@XXXXX.COM >, Casper H.S. Dik < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > wrote: > >The file exists in both places but it is a single file. > >Casper Thanks so mch. Quick quesitons: How stable is using LOFS. This would be on a production machine. can the lofs virtual file system get unmounted unexpactly due to some bug or error? can it be made to remount if that happens? Is it stable enough for produciton use are there any security issues, can it assist a hacker to break by using lofs?
  • 4. Getting slice/volume size from kernel mode
    Hi, my driver needs to be able to get a slice/volume size in LBs. Until now, when I wanted to send IOCTLS in kernel mode I used the cdev_ioctl function. However I'v encountered some strange problems when using this function for disksuite devices. The DIOCINFO IOCTL works fine, however neither DKIOCGVTOC nor DKIOCGAPART worked. The rc is 0 but the buffers contained random garabage. Does anyone have any idea what's wrong? Further info: 1.On scsi or veritas volume manager devices these IOCTLS works fine, only on devices controleld by the disksuite driver (md) am I encountering such problems. 2.The OS is solaris 8. 3.The IOCTLS work fine from user-mode for all devices types. 4.I am using cdev_ioctl as follows: cdev_ioctl(hTargetDevice, /*The device dev_t*/ ioctlCode, /*Ioctl code*/ (intptr_t)pInputBuffer, /*The info structure*/ FKIOCTL|FREAD, /*Kernel ioctl*/ kcred, /*Root privileges*/ &ioctlRval); Any help is appreciated. ERAN

Question on upgrade from Sol 10 to 10 1/06

Postby crimsonRE » Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:56:00 GMT 

When doing an upgrade (from Sol 10 to 10 1/06, in this case), is much
extra disk space required beyond that needed for any new packages that
are chosen for installation? e.g., when such an upgrade is done, are
the older versions of files being upgraded left in the installation? If
so, I can see the disk space required growing by a large amount...

I've got 2 4GB drives in my U60, with 161MB free on / (slice 0, 50%
used) and 1.8GB free on /usr (different disk, 50% used). I can't afford
to mess with the hardware just now, and also can't afford to have the
OS screwed up by having the upgrade process perhaps go awry (e.g., due
to lack of disk space).

Many thanks.
crimsonRE
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