Re: Formatting the namenode

2007-06-15 Thread Michael Bieniosek
directories created inside the > /tmp/hadoop- directory. > > Thanks > A > > -Original Message- > From: Michael Bieniosek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 11:31 AM > To: hadoop-user@lucene.apache.org; Phantom > Subject: Re: Formatting the na

RE: Formatting the namenode

2007-06-15 Thread Avinash Lakshman
Dfs and mapred are the directories created inside the /tmp/hadoop- directory. Thanks A -Original Message- From: Michael Bieniosek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 11:31 AM To: hadoop-user@lucene.apache.org; Phantom Subject: Re: Formatting the namenode In hadoop

Re: Formatting the namenode

2007-06-15 Thread Michael Bieniosek
In hadoop-default.xml you should find: hadoop.tmp.dir /tmp/hadoop-${user.name} A base for other temporary directories. dfs.name.dir ${hadoop.tmp.dir}/dfs/name Determines where on the local filesystem the DFS name node should store the name table. If this is a comma-delimited

Re: Formatting the Namenode

2006-10-11 Thread howard chen
On 10/12/06, Doug Cutting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This refers to formatting Hadoop's DFS filesystem, not formatting a linux volume. Hadoop's DFS filesystem in implemented on top the local filesystems of your cluster. Hadoop does not require reformatting of linux filesystem volumes. Formatti

RE: Formatting the Namenode

2006-10-11 Thread Mahadev Konar
Hi Howard, The formatting of the filesystem is with respect to Hadoop File System. It does not involve formatting your local file system. All you need to do is bin/hadoop namenode -format. This command just creates some files for the namenode in the directory specified as dfs.name.dir. Also,

Re: Formatting the Namenode

2006-10-11 Thread Doug Cutting
This refers to formatting Hadoop's DFS filesystem, not formatting a linux volume. Hadoop's DFS filesystem in implemented on top the local filesystems of your cluster. Hadoop does not require reformatting of linux filesystem volumes. Formatting a Hadoop DFS filesystem simply creates a few fil