Re: Linear/ext2-volume question

[Dave Wreski]

>> 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?

Dave