From: Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> 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
> 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
>> 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 distincti
>
> PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE only quote relevant pieces of the
> emails you
> reply to.
>
> I dont need to see mingo's announcement 10 times!
>
Sorry about the momentary lapse in netiquette.
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On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 02:42:56PM +, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 4 Nov 1998 20:15:15 +0100, Luca Berra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > freeze the log, backup, unfreeze like vxfs (Veritas) does
>
> A lfs does make this easier, yes, but there are other ways to do it. In
> parti
I want to use an ICP vortex controller for disk mirroring (raid 1) in
a server.
If the complete server fails (e.g. processor, network interface, etc.)
I want to take one of the mirrored disk to a "rescue server" and boot
from there.
This "rescue server", in standard mode acting as an ordinary c
