From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 8 11:46:25 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 11:46:23 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from hera.drwilco.net (10dyn230.dh.casema.net [212.64.31.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62AD837B400 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:46:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from ceres.drwilco.nl (ceres.drwilco.net [10.1.1.19]) by hera.drwilco.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB8K3cl04122; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 21:03:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from drwilco@drwilco.nl) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.0.20001208204155.00cbee40@mail.drwilco.net> X-Sender: drwilco@mail.drwilco.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 20:45:54 +0100 To: The Hermit Hacker From: "Rogier R. Mulhuijzen" Subject: Re: growfs(8) for FreeBSD Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, growfs@tomsoft.com In-Reply-To: References: <20001208113836.B32113@cichlids.cichlids.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > Stripe'd file systems (or concat ones) ... what growfs allows is someone > > > to add an n+1 drive to their RAID/Stripe and increase the size of the > file > > > > No, vinum can do this alone. > > > > But you couldn't grow the _fs_ after that, so there was no use for > > this vinum feature. > >Okay, that is what I said ... "add an n+1 drive to ... and increase the >size of the file system" ... I still don't see why growfs wouldn't work on a non-vinum volume. It's just a manipulation of the FS, not of the underlying device. But let's leave this for the makers of growfs to answer shall we =) And yes I know about Vinum, and I know what it can do. =) DocWilco To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message