Board:   [DoveNet] Unix/Linux
Subject: Re: Back on Track / Beta
From:    poindexter FORTRAN
Date:    Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:26

Subject: Re: Back on Track / Beta Testing RH
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Subject: Re: Back on Track / Beta Testing RH
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-=> nelgin wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 > Back in the old days, we'd just create a 1gb file and leave it on the
 > file system. Run out of space? Delete it and revel in your added disk
 > space. Sort of a poor-man's LVM.  :)

 ne> That's kind of odd, but I guess it's one way to getsome space back.

Mind you, this was back in the SunOS/early Solaris days before LVM, when
adding disk space usually meant adding another disk and splicing it into
the filesystem somewhere.



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