Subj : Re: Back on Track / Beta Testing RH
To   : nelgin
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Jan 08 2025 11:26 am

-=> 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 get some 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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