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To: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
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Subject: Re: Partitioning 
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Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 23:58:11 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Back to the main question;  I don't see any reason why the BSD file system
> couldn't be extended to allow for on-the-fly expansion of partitions.
> Toss in a pointer to the new space, when you feel like adding some,
> initialize it and continue on.

We'll be happy to review your diffs, of course, but I think it's harder
than you think.

					Jordan