From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
Message-Id: <200111052003.PAA05298@augusta.math.psu.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] fs upgrade
In-Reply-To: <20011105102049.E0C8B199B5@mail.cse.psu.edu>
Cc:
Date: Mon,  5 Nov 2001 15:03:09 -0500
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In article <20011105102049.E0C8B199B5@mail.cse.psu.edu> you write:
>you can concatenate the new device on the end, but if
>it's a pseudo-worm (f) you'll need to run a special kernel
>to initialise it first.  it can normally be initialised only by ream,
>but of course you don't want to do that.  i've probably got
>the code to do it somewhere since i've done it several times.

It'd be really nice if, instead of a special kernel, I could do
this from a standalone terminal with a small suite of tools designed
to manipulate file server disk images.  Particularly nice would be
the ability to do copies from one *worm volume to another (resizing
as needed), and the ability to delete old files from a pseudo-worm
(cf, to combat the undergraduate student who downloads 20 gigs of
porn or `WaReZ' or something and fills up a significant percentage
of the department's dump space).

	- Dan C.