On Wednesday 06 June 2001 14:20, Rana Biswas wrote:
> Hi all,
> In Unix/Linix everything is a file, even drives and
> devices. While in Windows world (and probably in Mac
> world) there is a separation between files and drives.
> What is difference between these two and there
> advantages and disadvantages.
The difference is clear. One is drive and other is file.
Advantages
1)You can run out of drives, not out of files. Happens in a company
environment.
2)Doing LVM is more difficult with drive(I believe). I don't know anybody
doing partition stripping with NT/w2k.
3)Drives take away flexibility. You can mount a partition/logical volume
anywhere you want and anytime you change it. Try changing c: to d:. it flanks.
Disadvantages
1)You have to mount and unmount the things occasionally.
Anything else?
Shridhar
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