Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 11:40:44 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root volumes in fbsd, can it be done? Message-ID: <19980604114044.O22406@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <35752B30.446B9B3D@wired.ctech.ac.za>; from Jacques Hugo on Wed, Jun 03, 1998 at 12:53:36PM %2B0200 References: <35752B30.446B9B3D@wired.ctech.ac.za>
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On Wed, 3 June 1998 at 12:53:36 +0200, Jacques Hugo wrote: > Hi there ... > > On AIX systems, one can install volume groups > which binds 2/more hdd as a single volume. > Meaning that, say 2 9Gig SCSI hdd, can function > as one volume with different file systems. > Think of it as the sys: and data: volumes in > Netware. > > Can this config be done by fbsd 2.x or 3? > Having 2/3 9Gig hdd and the OS will see > it as different devices, but the same > file system like /usr/local, can span over > more that one hdd. The ccd driver available in 2.2.6-RELEASE will give you this functionality, except for the root directory. vinum (http://www.lemis.com/vinum.html) will address the root volume as well as offering a number of other advantages over ccd. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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