Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 09:59:22 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: matthew@internet1.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mounting across multiple disks Message-ID: <32BF8D5A.789B@barcode.co.il> References: <32BED8E0.4B53@internet1.net>
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Matthew Hagerty wrote: > > Greetings, > > I'm using one of my FreeBSD boxes for an INN server. I have just > purchased another 1GB SCSI disk to go with the 2GB that is currently in > the machine. I decided to take the opportunity to upgrade to 2.1.6 > also. While creating the partitions on the disks (during installation) > I can't seem to set a file system to span the two disks. Since most of > my storage needs to be on the /var file system to store news, how can I > set up the file system to span both disks? > > Thank you, > Matthew Hagerty > matthew@internet1.net > V: (616) 781-NET1 (6381) > F: (616) 781-6665 You have two options: 1. Use the ccd driver (might be harder to set up, but easier to understand). This concatenates two partitions to create a single "striped" disk. 2. Split /var into separate partitions (i.e., use a different file system for /var, /var/spool, etc...). This requires a good estimate of where the load on the filesystem will come from, both in terms of I/O load and file size. The second option should work while in sysinstall. To set up ccd, however, you first need to get a working system, then modify it (see man ccd, ccdconfig). Hope this helps, Nadav
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