Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 18:23:40 -1000 From: Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: partition spanning multiple hdd's Message-ID: <351340CB.63F7@aloha.com> References: <199803200300.VAA12467@www.hcol.net> <19980320141032.00248@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Thu, 20 March 1997 at 21:05:15 -0600, Tarakanov wrote: > > I had my mail partition overfill (well, almost -- 99%) and I am thinking > > about adding another drive (or drives) in to put in the same partition. > > (/mail). > > So the question is: > > do I have to enter the /stand/sysinstall to do this or do I have to use > > the commands of the freebsd manually. > > You have the choice. > > > If I do it, will the current information on the /mail partition be > > retained or do I need to back it up? > > Do you really have a /mail file system? That's unusual. Anyway, if > you add a new file system, it doesn't (shouldn't :-) affect the ones > you have already. > > > I guess it's not really a partition, but a volume that I am talking > > about (at least novell would call it a volume) but this is my first > > unix box so far. > > In UNIX, it's best to call them file systems. We also use the term > partition, but differently from Microsoft, so it's confusing. > > To summarize: you can use either sysinstall or the old-style utilities > to add a new file system. sysinstall is much easier, but both methods > offer you ample opportunities for shooting yourself in the foot. Make > a backup first, and tread carefully. > > Greg > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message I am curious about this thread ... does FreeBSD support large filesystems spanning multiple disks? The HP unix I worked on a few years ago did this. If so, where can I read more about it? -- Gary Dunn Knowledge Tree Honolulu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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