Hi,
On Fri, 06 Nov 1998 16:44:56 -0400 (EST), Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
>> 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?
Striping is of limited value if you are combining partitions of very
different sizes. :) Beyond the size of the smallest partition, you are
reduced to linear anyway.
--Stephen
