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Erik Trulsson wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:10:15PM +0100, Christian Baer wrote:
>> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:42:36 -0600 Doug Poland wrote:
>>
>>> # DeviceMountpoint FStype OptionsDumpPass#
>>> /dev/da0s1b none
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:10:15PM +0100, Christian Baer wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:42:36 -0600 Doug Poland wrote:
>
> > # DeviceMountpoint FStype OptionsDumpPass#
> > /dev/da0s1b noneswapsw 0 0
> > /dev/da0s1a /
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:58:18 -0800 Garrett Cooper wrote:
> Why create so many partitions? You can use slices to your benefit and
> you wouldn't use up your allocatable partitions on the disk's MBR.
The point is that I wasn't given the chance to create any slices.
Regards
Chris
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On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:42:36 -0600 Doug Poland wrote:
> # DeviceMountpoint FStype OptionsDumpPass#
> /dev/da0s1b noneswapsw 0 0
> /dev/da0s1a / ufs rw 1 1
^^
Where did yo
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:53:20 -0800 Garrett Cooper wrote:
> One good reason I can think of is to partition (not the tech definition
> but the traditional definition, "to divide") filesystems such that if
> one person fills up "/", it won't cause a program that needs to write to
> "/var" or "/
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:54:40 -0900 Jeff Mohler wrote:
One polite request: Would you please quote properly? I know this is not
the usenet, but quoting serves a purpose and should make reading you
question/comment easier.
> If there is a fundamental reason why we still partition things like we
> on
On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:54:40AM -0900, Jeff Mohler wrote:
> Ive never understood why we still partition drives so much..its one
> spindle..sure, a hige filesystem might cause an edge performance
> issue..but..its one spindle.
Primarily for management and backup/restore convenience.
You can bre
On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 07:07:49PM -0500, Robert Huff wrote:
> Garrett Cooper writes:
>
> > One good reason I can think of is to partition (not the tech
> > definition but the traditional definition, "to divide") filesystems
> > such that if one person fills up "/", it won't cause a pr
Garrett Cooper writes:
> One good reason I can think of is to partition (not the tech
> definition but the traditional definition, "to divide")
> filesystems such that if one person fills up "/", it won't cause
> a program that needs to write to "/var" or "/tmp" problems, which
> in the
On 21/01/07, Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jeff Mohler wrote:
> On 1/21/07, Christian Baer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> problem is that I can't allocate another partition
One good reason I can think of is to partition (not the tech definition
but the traditional defin
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Christian Baer wrote:
> Hi folkes!
>
> Is there any way to do this with FreeBSD?
>
> Background:
>
> I have to admit, that I have never actually done or even tried this with
> any OS whatsoever. I am running a two drive system with two mirrors on
>
Jeff Mohler wrote:
> If there is a fundamental reason why we still partition things like we
> only have 10, 20, or 40Mb RLL. or slightly larger ESDI drives from
> back in the day..im willing to learn.
1. if you only have one file system and something corrupts it, it's all
gone. Some people even u
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Jeff Mohler wrote:
> Ive never understood why we still partition drives so much..its one
> spindle..sure, a hige filesystem might cause an edge performance
> issue..but..its one spindle.
>
> / works.
>
> ?
>
> If there is a fundamental reason why we
Ive never understood why we still partition drives so much..its one
spindle..sure, a hige filesystem might cause an edge performance
issue..but..its one spindle.
/ works.
?
If there is a fundamental reason why we still partition things like we
only have 10, 20, or 40Mb RLL. or slightly larger E
Hi folkes!
Is there any way to do this with FreeBSD?
Background:
I have to admit, that I have never actually done or even tried this with
any OS whatsoever. I am running a two drive system with two mirrors on
it. Because I wanted a lot of room for /usr while /usr/home ist mounted
on a different
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