From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 3 04:50:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA04640 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 04:50:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (root@ix-sb1-17.ix.netcom.com [204.32.201.49]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA04635 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 04:50:44 -0800 (PST) Received: (from d_burr@localhost) by ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (8.6.11/8.6.9) id EAA01027; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 04:54:08 -0800 Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 04:54:07 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: d_burr@ncc-1701-d To: Piero Serini cc: davidg@Root.COM, eblood@winky.reno.nv.us, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NETBSD ccd driver In-Reply-To: <199601022350.AAA11516@strider.ibenet.it> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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. **