Date sent: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:00:38 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how can I add disk space?
Isn't there a way to combine the two HDs' capacity without recompiling the kernel (maybe by just loading a module or something) or can I perhaps just download such a kernel which allows multiple devices driver support? Because compiling a kernel is a little bit to hard for me. And when I do so, do I have to backup the data on both HDs or just of the second (new) drive? > On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 04:45:46PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I've got a samba-file-server whichs disk resources are getting very > > low, so I have to add new disk space. > > I've already tried to install a new HD and mounted it into /home > > (where all my samba datas are being saved). But the problem is > > now all datas are only written on the new HD instead of useing the > > disk space of both HDs. > > There must be a way to use both HDs' disk space, isn't there one? > > Well, maybe, but not an easy one if you haven't already compiled in > the option. > > You can add a new disk inside the filesystem. So, > > # mount /dev/newdisk /mnt > # cp -a /home/* /mnt > # umount /mnt > # umount /home > # mount /dev/newdisk /home > > Now your new disk on on /home, with all the old data. That won't get > you the old disk, though. > > To do that, you could mount the old disk as /home2, and symlink some > directories from inside /home onto /home2. That would allow you to > use both disks. It requires manual work, though, so it's a pain. > > You can recompile your kernel to allow "multiple devices driver > support" (under block devices), but you'll need to pull all your old > data off the partition to do it, I think. This is a way to make a > software RAID out of the partitions. The problem is that the > partition is not RAIDed now, so you'd need to backup, make the raid > (i.e. make the two drives one device), and then resore all your data. > I _might_ be wrong that you have to do it this way (read the docs, > because I've never done this), but I am pretty sure you do. > > A > > -- > Andrew Sullivan Computer Services > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Burlington Public Library > +1 905 639 3611 x158 2331 New Street > Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7R 1J4 >
