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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:	DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:	Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:	SMURF::DENHAM

Created:	Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	10068
Total number of notes:	35879

8849.0. "V4.0b GUI-Instal./newfs failed to create fs..." by MUNICH::CUZUM () Mon Feb 17 1997 08:39

Hello folks,

customer reports some problems when installing dUNIX  V4.0b using the GUI: 
he chooses a customized (advanced) installation and wants to repartition
the RZ28 system disk (which is supported) using 'Disk. Config'.
After dragging to modify e.g. g-partition (no matter if to decrease or
increase it) and submitting the command to commit all changes the error
message "newfs failed to create filesystem on partition g" comes. I tried to 
reproduce this here, making the same moves, the customer told me, but I 
couldn't get this error message. Customer tells me, everything works fine, 
if he clicks the button "Existing" after making the changes on his disklabel. 
Does anyone know this error message? Why does it work on my machine without
clicking on Existing (which should bring back the existing/former
configuration, I think)? What should be the correct procedure? I think
this is a GUI-Problem, since there are no problems changing the
disklabel on UNIX-command level and the changes are also accepted after
clicking the "Existing" button.

Any ideas or hints?

Thank-you in advance,

Corina

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
8849.1	'diskconfig' is a cludge to steer ...	VIRGIN::SUTTER	Who are you ??? - I'm BATMAN !!!	`Tue Feb 18 1997 06:23`	25
	The 'diskconfig' GUI is in my point of view far to cumbersome, restrictive and downright counter-intuitive in my point of view. It's also counting Megabytes Units in 1000000 bytes instead of 1024*1024 bytes (everybody working with computers professionally knows this ...!-O). Btw: QAR#46087 is open for this for ages but no answer (be it positive or negative) so far ... :-( I recommend customers having problems with 'diskconfig' to use the old single-user character interface for partitioning disks; there at least you know what you get ... :-( This beeing said (it should stir up enough reaction to eventually fix the shortcomings of 'diskconfig') I have found 'diskconfig' difficult to use when there is already a partition on the disk. So clear the existing parition first (in the non-gui mode I'm afraid) and try again. This brings up the idea that 'diskconfig' could use a button to destroy an existing partition on a given disk and start over, even if you have to ask the (dumb?) administrator umpteen times if he is really, really, really, really sure wether he wants to do this ... ;-). Regards, Arnold
8849.2		NETRIX::"[email protected]"	Chip Maurer	`Wed Feb 19 1997 14:04`	9
	I've recently started with DEC, and will be addressing diskconfig problems. It is known that diskconfig has 'usability issues'. There have been some usability studies done and the recommendations will be implemented. Thank you for your input. [Posted by WWW Notes gateway]
8849.3	Wow, it's moooooviiiiing !!	ZUR01::SUTTER	Who are you ??? - I'm BATMAN !!!	`Wed Feb 19 1997 16:31`	9
	It's moving! Nice to see that things are starting to change for a change. It's not THE problem on Earth but it's annoying to find out that people are scared away from a utility that they always complained that it wasn't there just because it can't be handled in an easy and intuitive way. Maybe it was a step too big to take in one leap ... ;-()