Re: adding new hard disk

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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 to do so and are there any instructions
avaliable on how to add and configure additional hard
disks on Debian?
   

I do not think you can actually extend the existing partitions - that is
make them span the old and the new disks.  However. you can install the
new disk, use fdisk to create partitons on it and then move the data
from some of the existing partitions to the new disk.  Then you can
mount the new partitons.
This way you could, for instance, create a larger /home or /var or /usr
etc. on the new disk to replace the partitons on the old disk.  Once
this is done, you could delete the old partions and use a tool such as
parted or QTparted to resize the partitions on the old disk and make
them larger also.
HTH

Lou

 

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 disks to the 
system to allow for greater storage with minimal disruption. It would be 
really costly if they had to resort to something like copy everything 
and then resize.

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