Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 22:15:26 -0600 From: Alan Weber <aaweber@austin.rr.com> To: "Marius M.Rex" <mariusrex@netscape.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A partition over multiple hard disks? Message-ID: <19990309221526.A3144@austin.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <19990310013643.2963.qmail@www0v.netaddress.usa.net>; from Marius M.Rex on Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 08:36:43PM -0500 References: <19990310013643.2963.qmail@www0v.netaddress.usa.net>
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On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 08:36:43PM -0500, Marius M.Rex wrote: --> In the realm of theory, it would seem possible to spread one Un*x partition --> over multiple physical hard disks. Now, I know that if I wanted to, I could --> spread the /usr partition over multiple hard disks if I separately mounted --> /usr in one place, and say /usr/src somewhere else... /usr/local somewhere --> else...et el. That would be easy enough to do, and a little editing at --> /etc/fstab would get them mounted nicely. --> But is there a way to seamlessly spread a large partition like /usr over --> multiple disks without separately mounting subdirectories? It would be kind --> of a pain to go through and plan how much space I needed for the --> subdirectories, and parse out each a piece here and there. (As I could --> miscalculate and regret it later.) Is there any way I could get my FreeBSD --> box to just mount /usr over two or more hard disks, as if I had simply --> allotted the total space to one mounting of /usr on one physical disk? --> <snip> FreeBSD - 3.x man vinum -- When I was a kid I had to rub sticks together to multiply and divide numbers. A calculator was a job description. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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