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If your disk size and associated number of cylinders are not present in the
preceding table, use the following worksheet:
a.
Enter size in MB.
(written down in the procedure
Verifying Hard Disk Size)
b. Enter number of cylinders.
(written down in the procedure Installation of the
UNIX Operating System)
c.
Divide number of cylinders by number of MB (b / a)
and enter the result rounded up to the nearest integer.
d. Multiply the value in Step c above by 6.
This is the number of cylinders for/swap.
e.
Multiply the value in Step c above by 14.
This is the number of cylinders for/root.
f.
Multiply the value in Step c above by 17.
This is the number of cylinders for/usr.
g.
The system calculates the value for /usr2 after you have
entered the values for /swap, /root, and /usr.
.
NOTE:
Please double check your calculations. If any of these calculations
are incorrect, a reload of the system may be required.
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