Hi Mark

I have reached the limit of my Linux knowledge - how can I found out what partition the db is on?

Thanks

Neil

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Mark Rotteveel <mark@...> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:52:30 -0000, "grip_2ls" <lists@...> wrote:
> > Lester
> >
> > It is the exact opposite of what we expected too!
> >
> > I should state up front that I did not setup this machine and the person
> > that did has left. However, I do know that the system is running
> Firebird
> > Classic 2.1 and that we are connecting from a Delphi client running on
> > Windows 7.
> >
> > Looking at the Linux machine if I run blkid I get the following:
> >
> >
> > /dev/cciss/c0d0p1: UUID="53d1653c-eb39-4f38-8291-942cd918694f"
> TYPE="xfs"
> > /dev/cciss/c0d0p5: UUID="61c6f303-0576-4bbc-8f56-164968ac9684"
> TYPE="swap"
> > /dev/sda1: LABEL="HP v210w" UUID="D06E29286E2908B4" TYPE="ntfs"
> >
> > This implies that the majority of the disk is formatted as ntfs. I
> believe
> > that this is because the machine is also used as samba mounts for
> Windows,
> > but I could be wrong on this point.
> >
> > Does any of the above provide any pointers?
>
> You will want to look on what disk/partition the database is located. If
> it is the NTFS one, that will be your problem. As far as I know NTFS
> support under Linux is spotty and doesn't really perform that well.
>
> Mark
>