From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <28166.128.107.253.38.1111647921.squirrel@www.infernopark.com> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:05:21 -0600 Subject: Re: [9fans] Driver for SAN adapter From: vdharani@infernopark.com To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2910e634-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 >> >> > btw, you might be able to use a large unix file on >> >> > the IBM ESS mounted via u9fs for a venti arena. >> > >> > This might not be correct >> >> why? > > I meant that I wasn't sure if it is correct to use a large > hole file and fmtarena it with "-z" option instead of zero'ing > the whole unix file (ie, without "-z" option). but where has he mentioned about using a large hole file? he only says about using a large file. or am i missing something? thanks dharani