> Hi, I'm looking for information about whether it is possible to > span multiple partitions with a root filesystem. > > I found this item in some coursework I am looking at and (No its not > an assignment.) As far as my experiences with Unix/Linux have gone > it isn't possible to have a single file system span multiple > partitions. > > I have always believed it could be done, but that no one had ever > implemented the necessary code to make it doable. > > Has this now changed? Is it now possible to have a single filesystem > spanning multiple partitions? I looked in Google for Linux and > didn't find anything so I'm skeptical, but I would like to be > enlightened (bows eastward 3 times). > > Anyone have thoughts on this either way ? > > Thanks > > Jeff ~~ my good hobbit sense makes me want to vigorously deny this could ever be made so -- but the older I get, the more things I once thought impossible become possible and even banal. Logic says that the boot block refers to a _physical_ and _unbroken_ partition, but as disk technology becomes more and more sophisticated -- who knows??? As recently as 3 years ago, I tried to cajol Tru64/Compaq support into allowing me to use hardware raid for the root partition and was scolded for blasphemy. But change is as inevitable as the sunrise, and this may be on the short list.
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