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From: rbt@eurocontrol.fr (Ollivier ROBERT)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q: Can I have one filesystem over two disks?
Date: 26 Jul 1996 12:15:00 GMT
Organization: Eurocontrol EEC, Bretigny, France
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In article <Vlasti.Broucek.245.0ADE5440@psychol.utas.edu.au>,
Vlasti Broucek <Vlasti.Broucek@psychol.utas.edu.au> wrote:
> I have two 200MB disks. My idea is to have following filesystem
> 
> /	50MB
> /swap   64MB
> /usr    all the rest.

I'd advise against it for safety reasons. You'd better create /tmp, /var
and /home as separate filesystems to lessen risks.

Anyway, if you're running 2.1.5, see ccd(4), ccdconfig(8). If not, upgrade
to it :-)