Date: 9 Mar 99 20:36:43 EST From: Marius M.Rex <mariusrex@netscape.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: A partition over multiple hard disks? Message-ID: <19990310013643.2963.qmail@www0v.netaddress.usa.net>
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In the realm of theory, it would seem possible to spread one Un*x partition
over multiple physical hard disks. Now, I know that if I wanted to, I could
spread the /usr partition over multiple hard disks if I separately mounted
/usr in one place, and say /usr/src somewhere else... /usr/local somewhere
else...et el. That would be easy enough to do, and a little editing at
/etc/fstab would get them mounted nicely.
But is there a way to seamlessly spread a large partition like /usr over
multiple disks without separately mounting subdirectories? It would be kind
of a pain to go through and plan how much space I needed for the
subdirectories, and parse out each a piece here and there. (As I could
miscalculate and regret it later.) Is there any way I could get my FreeBSD
box to just mount /usr over two or more hard disks, as if I had simply
allotted the total space to one mounting of /usr on one physical disk?
I am admittedly a Newbie. I am currently running a 2.2.5 system, but will
be upgrading to 3.1-Release in a week or so. My system is made up of hardware
pieces that I could scrounge up, so I have a number of small physical hard
disks that I would like to treat as one physical disk under FreeBSD. Is there
any remedy to my problem, or am I just going to have to go through and make
some calculations myself, as I separately mount subdirectories? I am willing
to read for myself, so feel free to point me to any documentation I have
overlooked, if that will save bandwidth. Thank you for your consideration.
B.T.W. - I read the list, you can reply here.
Marius
All life is a dance;
I just wish I wasn't so clumsy.
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