On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Scott Rohling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> The big win(s) are:
>
> -  Linux support can decide how big filesystems are without having VM
> support adjust minidisk sizes for each filesystem.


And that was part of the idea of VMLMAT in the first place: Abstract the
Linux from the VM so the VM sysprog skill were not required for end users to
manage their MF Linuxii


>
> -  The space can be 'grown' by just adding another volume (minidisk) --
> without LVM - all you can do is define a larger area - copy everything to
> it
> - then dump the old (smaller) are.  Once you reach a full pack minidisk --
> you've got nowhere to go without LVM anyway.


And that is why we are just now thinking about adding the feature: We have
not internally needed anything larger than a full pack mini-disk yet, but
that is not realistic out there in the "real world".


>
>
> Scott Rohling
>

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