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From: Tom Parsons <cis@tegan.com>
Subject: Re: Problem with FS
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Pat Welch enscribed:
| Tom Parsons wrote:
| > 
| > Franck GILBERT enscribed:
| > | Pat, I use a system V release 3.2. I dont know what that caused this
| > | problem.
| > | Like you write me, I use divvy and I use the t(ype) command at the main menu
| > | but, I have the next error : division already in use, filesystem type may
| > | only be selected for new filesystem ....
| > 
| > You received erroneous advice.
| > 
| > The correct advice is:
| >   DO NOTHING.
| >   You can't change the filesystem type without destroying the contents of
| >     the filesystem and the non-FS entry is not causing any problems.  Leave
| >     it alone.
| >  <and>
| >   Run "uname -X" and find out what release you have.  It will be displayed
| >     on the Release line.  Include this in future posts because it usually
| >     is needed for correct answers.
| > 
| > --tom
| > 
| > |
| > | Pat Welch <patubb@inreach.com> a icrit dans le message :
| > | 384CA505.EAB50B94@inreach.com...
| > | > Franck GILBERT wrote:
| > | > >
| > | > > I need help !!! Please
| > | > >
| > | > > At first I have a FS that type is EAFS.
| > | > > Now this type is No FS.
| > | > > HELP, how can I do to make it in EAFS (no destructive solution)?
| > | > >
| > | > > Franck GILBERT
| > | >
| > | > Use divvy to re-id the EAFS partition, making sure that the create new
| > | > FS column says NO.
| > | >
| > | > What version of SCO? And what happened that caused the problem?
| > | >
| 
| Arrgh. Sorry, Franck and Tom!
| 
| Fortunately divvy won't do what I had you mistakenly try.
| 
| That's what happens when I'm in a hurry and misread what was written. I
| was thinking of renaming a partition when you're upgrading from 4.x and
| you want to mount the old disk to copy stuff. Mea Culpa.
| 
| Something obviously hosed his VTOC. What can be done depends on exactly
| which SCO release you are on.

Not necessarily.  We don't have all of the information but 
pre-OSR5.0.{something} divvy looked on the primary hard disk for the
filesystem type while about everything else looked at the actual
filesystem.  Move the second scsi drive from one 3.2v4.2 system to
another and you will see non-FS.  Or replace the primary drive and
the secondard will display non-FS.

Someone along the family tree, divvy started looking at the filesystem
and by 5.0.,5, this nagging annoyance no longer exists.
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