> Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 16:44:56 -0400 (EST)
> From: Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Linear/ext2-volume question
>
> >> If that's the case, then who's actually using linear mode?
> >
> > Me, for a start! I found it very useful to be able to combine together
> > a few scraps of spare space on a number of mounted disks to create a
> > scratch partition of useful size.
>
> Why not use striping instead? Isn't the distinction that linear fills one
disk
> up, then the next, etc, whereas striping alternates writes to each disk,
taking
> advantage of SCSI bus mastering, for example?
If you're not using SCSI, or you've got multiple partitions on the same drive
you're concatenating, striping would slow things down and/or give the arms quite
a workout :)
--
Robert Minichino
Chief Engineer
Denarius Enterprises, Inc.
http://www.denarius.com/
