make test depend less on sharding internals

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/jstests/slowNightly/large_chunk.js b/jstests/slowNightly/large_chunk.js
index 6cf40e3682f..1f0b2e6f4c7 100644
--- a/jstests/slowNightly/large_chunk.js
+++ b/jstests/slowNightly/large_chunk.js
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ db = s.getDB( "test" );
 // Step 1 - Test moving a large chunk
 //
 
-// Turn on sharding on the 'test.foo' collection and generate a large chunk
-s.adminCommand( { enablesharding : "test" } );
-s.adminCommand( { shardcollection : "test.foo" , key : { _id : 1 } } );
-
 bigString = ""
 while ( bigString.length < 10000 )
     bigString += "asdasdasdasdadasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasda";
@@ -28,6 +24,11 @@ while ( inserted < ( 400 * 1024 * 1024 ) ){
     inserted += bigString.length;
 }
 db.getLastError();
+
+// Turn on sharding on the 'test.foo' collection and generate a large chunk
+s.adminCommand( { enablesharding : "test" } );
+s.adminCommand( { shardcollection : "test.foo" , key : { _id : 1 } } );
+
 assert.eq( 1 , s.config.chunks.count() , "step 1 - need one large chunk" );
 
 primary = s.getServer( "test" ).getDB( "test" );
@@ -48,4 +49,4 @@ assert.neq( before[0].shard , after[0].shard , "move chunk did not work" );
 
 s.config.changelog.find().forEach( printjson )
 
-s.stop();
\ No newline at end of file
+s.stop();