Multi Disk HOWTO(ldp)			Multi Disk HOWTO(ldp)


NAME
       Multi  Disk  HOWTO - Multi disk design, partitioning, for-
       matting, tuning and maintenance

ABSTRACT
       This document describes how best to use multiple disks and
       partitions  for a Linux system. Although some of this text
       is Linux specific the general approach outlined	here  can
       be  applied to many other multi tasking operating systems.


LOCATION
       The Multi Disk HOWTO is located at
	      /usr/doc/HOWTO/ or
	      /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/
       depending on your distribution.


FILES
       Most distributions include the HOWTOs and  mini-HOWTOs  in
       the installation
       /dev/		(device files)
       /etc/fstab	(mount list)
       /etc/mdtab	(old style RAID table)
       /etc/raidtab	(new style RAID table)

RELATED HOWTOS
       Tips, Partition, Partition Rescue, Large-Disk, LILO, Soft-
       ware-RAID, Upgrade

RELATED DOCUMENTS
       FSSTND, FHS



SEE ALSO
       fdisk(8),   cfdisk(8),	sfdisk(8),   fips(8),	mkfs(8),
       mke2fs(8),  tune2fs(8), dumpe2fs(8), fsck(8), fsck.ext2(8)
       or   e2fsck(8),	mount(8),   umount(8),	df(1),   du(1),
       intro(ldp)

















LDP			March 1, 2000				1