[Sunhelp] Re: Solaris 8 UFS, SunPC, AtrePort and answer to question

[Brian Hechinger]

> UFS Logging has been a standard part of Solaris since Solaris 7. All you
> do to enable it is to mount your partitions with the "logging" option (man
> mount_ufs for details). You can turn logging on for all filesystems,
> including the root filesystem. Just add "logging" to the last field in
> /etc/vfstab for all your UFS filesystems and reboot. For general, typical
> use, I wouldnt bother with the metratrans that comes with SDS. That's
> pretty much for Solaris 2.6 and below systems, and the rare case where you
> want your logging on another spindle for performance reasons.

excellent, i'm glad it is something that easy.

ODS: so, i would do this if, say, i was running oracle and too cheap to vuy
veritas, but otherwise just use logging in solaris 8.  :)

> SunPC is not supported in S8. SunPC has been superceeded by the SunPCI
> product (no more Sbus x86 cards)

CURSE WORD!

figures.  i've been meaning to get one of these for years, and now that i
finally get one, it's not supported anymore.

welp, time for plan B.  NetBSD, gcc and lots of free time sucked up.

thanks for all the help.

-brian