From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 3 19:10:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA02142 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 19:10:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA02133 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 19:10:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) id LAA11846; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 11:40:44 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980604114044.O22406@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 11:40:44 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Jacques Hugo , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root volumes in fbsd, can it be done? References: <35752B30.446B9B3D@wired.ctech.ac.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <35752B30.446B9B3D@wired.ctech.ac.za>; from Jacques Hugo on Wed, Jun 03, 1998 at 12:53:36PM +0200 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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