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From: jsadler@misty.boeing.com (Jim Sadler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: SNAKE CLUSTER(?)
Message-ID: <1150068@misty.boeing.com>
Date: 3 May 91 18:36:11 GMT
References: <1991Apr15.204425.8682@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Boeing Commercial Airplane BCS Support
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>/ misty:comp.sys.hp / bigmac@erg.sri.com (Bryan McDonald) /  3:39 pm  May  2, 1991 /
>In article <5570612@hpfcdc.HP.COM> perry@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Perry Scott) writes:
>>Maybe "different" is the wrong word here.  At the lowest level, both are
>>McKusik, except the 300/700 implements only one partition.  You can take
>>a 300 or 700 disk and mount it on 300, 700, or 800.
	I never have understood why the 300 was like this.  
>>
>>The 700 is meant to be a workstation, so it follows the 300 way of doing
>>things.  Thus, you don't get partitions, you use "config" instead of
>>uxgen, don't have disk mirroring, etc.  
	And I still don't understand it.  Why wouldn't a workstation
	want the flexability to chose partitions if it is appropriate
	for their situation/application ?
>
>I was under the impression that the next HP-UX release was going
>to have disk partitioning for the 300 series, so can I assume that
>the 700's will as well?  And when will I see this?
	I was under the same impression.  I hope my impression is
	correct.

jim sadler
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