Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 19:56:23 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Cc: richard@pegasus.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Partitioning Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971107195505.1994A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199711080150.RAA02132@vader.cs>
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On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Satoshi Asami wrote: > * > 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. > * That's not the tough part. It's essentially the same coding method as > * ccd's. > > What do you mean? ccd is not a filesystem. I know. What I meant was, it looks to me like, the code for expanding filesystems would seem to be a lot like the code for implementing ccd'd partitions; you just map various physical places on the disk(s) to the same logical partition. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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