Unix deficiencies/problems

[Guy Harris]

>  One thing I would categorize as a deficiency is the UNIX file system's
>inability to span disc drives.   In otherwords, your file system is limited
>to the size of a disc drive.

Some UNIX systems (Pyramid is one of them, I think) allow you to create
a pseudo-partition that spans multiple disk drives, which allows you to
put a vanilla UNIX file system on more than one drive.

>  To correct this:  Allow the disc address to be part of the address of
>the file,

Huh?  What do you mean by "the disc address" or "the address of the
file" - especially the latter?  If you mean "the *name* of the file",
well, I'm just as glad that the name of the disk is *not* part of the
name of the file.  If you mean the i-number of the file, for example,
the pseudo-partition scheme mentioned above can probably achieve the
same goal without whacking on the file system.