NAME

     Multi Disk HOWTO - Multi disk design, partitioning,  format-
     ting, 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/

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,
     Software-RAID, Upgrade

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)