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

adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread Anita Rohani
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 and are there any instructions avaliable on how to add and configure addition