Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 22:36:57 -0400 (EDT) From: djv@bedford.net To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Cc: djv@bedford.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CCD newbie Q Message-ID: <199808070236.WAA10532@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808061430270.28098-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "Aug 6, 98 02:31:30 pm"
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Doug White wrote
>
> On Thu, 6 Aug 1998 djv@bedford.net wrote:
>
> > Recently, filled with ccd-zeal, I decided to give it a try, relying
> > upon man ccd and man ccdconfig and a fearless attitude towards a certain
> > disk.
> >
> > System: PPro 200, 2.2.6R, scsi disk. (Seagate st32550W on AIC-7880).
> > Compiled new kernel, with 4 ccd pseudo devices.
> > Did MAKEDEV ccd0, creating devices [r]ccd0[a-h]. Strange, there's
> > no ccd0 or rccd0 devices... why not?
> >
> > Sliced the disk in twain, approximately 1GB each. (Not identical).
>
> Why are you doing this? You are going to _degrade_ performance since ccd
> assumes it's working with separate disks.
I'm doing it for fun and excitement. Hoping to bootstrap myself
from the Darkness of Ignorance and Folly into the Light of Truth
and Wisdom.
Dave
--
"Today, machines sit on our desks and spend the overwhelming majority
of their cycles doing nothing more important than blinking a cursor."
--William Dickens
http://www.feedmag.com/html/feedline/98.07dickens/98.07dickens_master.html
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