Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 04:54:07 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com> To: Piero Serini <piero@strider.ibenet.it> Cc: davidg@Root.COM, eblood@winky.reno.nv.us, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NETBSD ccd driver Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960103045318.768C-100000@ncc-1701-d> In-Reply-To: <199601022350.AAA11516@strider.ibenet.it>
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On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Piero Serini wrote: > Hello. > > Quoting from David Greenman (Sat Dec 30 00:14:10 1995): > > >What is the NetBSD ccd driver? > > > > It's the "concatenated disk" driver. It give you the ability to combine > > multiple physical disks into one logical volume. > > What's the benefit as opposed to, say, 5 different mounts? If you have a lot of littler disks lying around, sure you can mount a lot of littler partitions, but what if you want to turn all these little mounts into one honking BIG one, like /news or /usr/src? Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072 PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or on Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **
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