Re: Merging partitions in FreeBSD

From: Tomas Stomberg (tomas_at_localho.st)
Date: 02/01/04 

Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 07:08:57 -0600

bv@wjv.comREMOVE (Bill Vermillion) wrote in news:HsDvGy.14nq@wjv.com:

>
>>Is there a way to merge partitions in FreeBSD?
>
> Not really that I'm aware of. But all you have to do is mount the
> new drive at some temporary point, and the you can copy the
> contents of the /var/ftp to the new drive, then unmount it, and
> remount on /var/ftp. If you need to split the drive into more
> pieces make multiple filesystem and mount the new piece where you
> wish.
>
> Bill
>

But this method will not allow me to span over two or more disks, right?
Since chroot depends on having a single mount point like /var/ftp

Let's say I'm starting with a clean install - what is the best method
for implementing an "expanding server" where I can add to new disk to
increase the size of eg. /var/ftp

Hardware RAID? Vinum? Please enlighten me :)

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