RE: [Sheflug] Re: Partitioning

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

>===== Original Message From "Sheflug" <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz> =====
>Hmmm, Ican see from this why networking is so important to linux/unix - once
>the machine's set up its virtually impossible to expand it and add on extra
>disk capacity without starting afresh and reformatting everything! Must be
>easier and less disruptive to simply add another machine onto the network.

 Completely the opposite! It's very easy to add storage space. If you had a
server system capable of hotswapping drives, you could change everything 
without
powering down!

 The only reason I was starting from scratch was because I was messing about
learning how it all works!

Baz.

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