Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 18:59:46 +0800 (PHT) From: "Francis A. Vidal" <francis@usls.edu> To: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Invalid partition table? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9908271856550.3295-100000@atlas.usls.edu> In-Reply-To: <37C5EED2.1171630@bigfoot.com>
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On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Ludwig Pummer wrote: > > the reason why i want to create two fbsd slices on one hard drive is that > > i want to make use of the excess space on da0 for the vinum volume. > > Glad to see that you've fixed your problem, but I felt like telling > you that vinum will quite happily use a partition inside your FreeBSD > slice, so there's no need to make 2 slices. yes, i realized that after re-installing FreeBSD again on the machine :) the `partition' and `slice' terms just confused me but everything's clear now. i'm building a mail server that i want to be scalable so i need not worry about adding space to the mail spool. vinum really solves problem of scalability and management. -- francis vidal university of st. la salle, bacolod city, philippines . . . . . . . PGP key available via e-mail / subject: get PGP key u s l s N E T tel. nos. (6334).435.2324 / 433.3526 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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