John Burke,

On Wednesday September 11, 2002 01:44, John Burke wrote:
> I'm coming to Linux from a platform where incorporating additional storage
> could be as simple as plugging in the drive and configuring it in online as
> part of any volume set.
>
> Things don't seem as easy on Linux. I have a RH 7.3 system that was created
> with one disk drive. I've added a second, creating a single partition and
> formatting it as EXT3 (same as first drive). What I want to be able to do
> is have /usr, /var, etc. be able to use the space on the new drive. In my
> words, incorporate the added drive in the / volume space. This does not
> seem possible - or am I missing something?

It's quite possible, but it may or may not be a wise choice.

See the Software-RAID HOWTO at...
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html

You'll be most interested in RAID-linear or RAID-0.

-- 
Brian Ashe                                                     CTO
Dee-Web Software Services, LLC.                  [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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