Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-05 Thread Craig Genner
On Monday 05 Jan 2004 5:44 am, panda wrote: > Lou Losee wrote: > Actually her question brings up an interesting point. Suppose this > needed to be done in a big corporation where it is necessary to maintain > some level of service and the question of scalability is a very > important one. > > They

Re: Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-05 Thread Anita Rohani
Thanks, you guys! It was my first time posting a question on this maling list...and what an overwhelming response :)! Yeah, i also confirmed from one of my co-workers (an ardent follower of Debian) that there is no way to extend the partitions unless the current disk was setup using "logical volu

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-05 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 18:41 GMT, Travis Crump penned: > Monique Y. Herman wrote: >> On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 12:51 GMT, Paul Morgan penned: >>> >>>cp -ax >> >> Okay, having read the man pages, I'm not sure how this does more than >> the -d option that -a includes. -a already stops you from followi

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-05 Thread Travis Crump
Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 12:51 GMT, Paul Morgan penned: On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:09:31 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 06:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:07:30PM -0800, Anita Rohani wrote: Hi A few hard disk partitions o

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-05 Thread linux
Citát Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:46:14AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Citát Lou Losee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 > 01:32]: > > > > > > > BTW... excuse mu ignorancy can you explain to me what LVM is and

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-05 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 12:51 GMT, Paul Morgan penned: > On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:09:31 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > >> On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 06:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: >>> On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:07:30PM -0800, Anita Rohani wrote: Hi A few hard disk partitions on o

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-05 Thread Paul Morgan
On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:09:31 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 06:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: >> On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:07:30PM -0800, Anita Rohani wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian system are close to >>> becoming full. I woul

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:46:14AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Citát Lou Losee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 01:32]: > > > > > BTW... excuse mu ignorancy can you explain to me what LVM is and > > > how it works? > > > > http://www.linux.org/doc

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-05 Thread panda
Travis Crump wrote: panda wrote: Hi Actually her question brings up an interesting point. Suppose this needed to be done in a big corporation where it is necessary to maintain some level of service and the question of scalability is a very important one. They would prefer some means of doin

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-05 Thread linux
Citát Lou Losee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 01:52]: > > > sorry Lou but man does not wrk on my Winshit and Deb is down after > recompiling > > the kernel. :( > > You can view man pages online at: > > http://man.linuxquestions.org > > Lou > Thanx

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-05 Thread Lou Losee
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 01:52]: > sorry Lou but man does not wrk on my Winshit and Deb is down after recompiling > the kernel. :( You can view man pages online at: http://man.linuxquestions.org Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread linux
Citát Lou Losee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 01:32]: > > > > > BTW... excuse mu ignorancy can you explain to me what LVM is and how it > works? > > thax ed. > > http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/LVM-HOWTO.index.html > > Lou > sorry Lou but man

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 11:09:31PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 06:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > > On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:07:30PM -0800, Anita Rohani wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian system are close to > >> becoming fu

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread Lou Losee
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 01:32]: > > BTW... excuse mu ignorancy can you explain to me what LVM is and how it works? > thax ed. http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/LVM-HOWTO.index.html Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread Lou Losee
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 01:32]: > > > > You most likely want cp -a rather than cp -r. > > > What is the difference between -a and -r > ed. man cp Lou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread linux
Citát "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 06:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > > On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:07:30PM -0800, Anita Rohani wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian system are close to > >> becoming full. I would like to

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread linux
Citát Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > panda wrote: > >> > > Hi > > > > Actually her question brings up an interesting point. Suppose this > > needed to be done in a big corporation where it is necessary to maintain > > some level of service and the question of scalability is a very > > imp

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread linux
Citát Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > panda wrote: > >> > > Hi > > > > Actually her question brings up an interesting point. Suppose this > > needed to be done in a big corporation where it is necessary to maintain > > some level of service and the question of scalability is a very > > imp

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread linux
Citát Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > panda wrote: > >> > > Hi > > > > Actually her question brings up an interesting point. Suppose this > > needed to be done in a big corporation where it is necessary to maintain > > some level of service and the question of scalability is a very > > imp

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread linux
Citát Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > panda wrote: > >> > > Hi > > > > Actually her question brings up an interesting point. Suppose this > > needed to be done in a big corporation where it is necessary to maintain > > some level of service and the question of scalability is a very > > imp

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread linux
Citát Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > panda wrote: > >> > > Hi > > > > Actually her question brings up an interesting point. Suppose this > > needed to be done in a big corporation where it is necessary to maintain > > some level of service and the question of scalability is a very > > imp

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 06:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:07:30PM -0800, Anita Rohani wrote: >> Hi >> >> A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian system are close to >> becoming full. I would like to install an addtional hard disk and >> extend the partitions

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread Brett Carrington
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 09:44:55PM -0800, panda wrote: > Lou Losee wrote: > > >Hi Anita, > > > >* Anita Rohani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-04 23:30]: > > > > > >>Hi > >> > >>A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian > >>system are close to becoming full. I would like to > >>install an add

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread Travis Crump
panda wrote: Hi Actually her question brings up an interesting point. Suppose this needed to be done in a big corporation where it is necessary to maintain some level of service and the question of scalability is a very important one. They would prefer some means of doing the same adding disk

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:07:30PM -0800, Anita Rohani wrote: > Hi > > A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian > system are close to becoming full. I would like to > install an addtional hard disk and extend the > partitions on the current disk to the new disk. Is it > possible to do so a

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread panda
Lou Losee wrote: Hi Anita, * Anita Rohani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-04 23:30]: Hi A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian system are close to becoming full. I would like to install an addtional hard disk and extend the partitions on the current disk to the new disk. Is it possible

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread Lou Losee
Hi Anita, * Anita Rohani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-04 23:30]: > Hi > > A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian > system are close to becoming full. I would like to > install an addtional hard disk and extend the > partitions on the current disk to the new disk. Is it > possible to do