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> I just got my news server up and running INN (thanks to everyone that
> helped), but now I'm looking for a better way of dealing with it.  I've got
> 3 Fast/Wide 4gb disks to hold news.  It would be a lot easier (and better
> performance) if I could stripe (or span) the /var partition accross the 3
> disks instead of having to guess as to how to partition each drive and into
> what sizes.

(I am not convinced that that statement is true...)

> The question:  Is there a way to stripe a partition across multiple drives
> in FreeBSD?  If not, does anyone know of a FreeBSD like OS that will do it?
> Preferably NOT Linux.

I recommend you go search the mailing list archives for almost anything
I have ever written on the subject of Usenet news and FreeBSD.

... JG