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Subject: Re: file system setup for new system - recommendations?
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it was said:

<snip>
>Today I sent an order
> to Newegg for 
> a second Seagate 120GB drive ($101.05 including tax
> & shipping). 

<snip>

> Now to learn more about grofs(8); I wasn't aware of
> that 
> capability at all. I was one of the first users of
> CP/M and 
> begrudgingly went to DOS; I was a "power user" of
> DOS for years. 

<snip>

Hello,

If you are going to use multiple drives, look into
vinum(8). It is can effectively do what growfs(8)
does, but in a much more powerful way and gives you a
plethora of additional features.

HTH,

Stheg

P.S. I loved CP/M! MS-DOS is "derived" from it, a
rather sordid story there....


		
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