The new vinum_geom

Simon L. Nielsen simon at FreeBSD.org
Sat Jan 24 08:04:50 PST 2004


On 2004.01.23 19:15:25 -0500, Robert Watson wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> 
> > The source for the GEOM FAQ is avaible as standard DocBook SGML in the
> > directory http://people.freebsd.org/~simon/geomfaq/ . 
> 
> Suggestion for question 1.1 -- add the following after the first sentence:
> 
>   Translations provided by current GEOM classes include disk layout 
>   and partitioning schemes, such as FDISK slices, GPT slices, and BSD
>   partitions.  Also, GEOM includes a number of more complex classes
>   implementing servies such as UFS volume labeling, disk mirroring, and
>   RAID. GEOM provides abstractions making it easy to implement new disk
>   layouts, as well as providing important infrastructure for implementing
>   more complex storage services, such as RAID and logical volume
>   management.  These include standard mechanisms for auto-discovery, I/O
>   request flow management, composition, and management services. 

I have added the text, thanks!

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen
FreeBSD Documentation Team
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