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+Every AFS file server machine must have at least one partition or logical volume dedicated to storing AFS volumes. Each server partition is mounted at a directory named /vicepxx, where xx is one or two lowercase letters. The /vicepxx directories must reside in the file server machine's root directory, not in one of its subdirectories (for example, /usr/vicepa is not an acceptable directory location). For additional information, see Performing Platform-Specific Procedures.
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+1. Create a directory called /vicepxx for each AFS server partition you are configuring (there must be at least one). Repeat the command for each partition.
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+       # mkdir /vicepxx
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+1. Add a line with the following format to the file systems registry file, /etc/fstab, for each directory just created. The entry maps the directory name to the disk partition to be mounted on it.
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+       /dev/disk  /vicepxx  ext2  defaults  0  2
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+The following is an example for the first partition being configured.
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+       /dev/sda8 /vicepa ext2 defaults 0 2
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+1. Create a file system on each partition that is to be mounted at a /vicepxx directory. The following command is probably appropriate, but consult the Linux documentation for more information.
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+       # mkfs -v /dev/disk
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+1. Mount each partition by issuing either the mount -a command to mount all partitions at once or the mount command to mount each partition in turn.