On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 16:11, Edwin Humphries wrote: > I want to add a second hard drive to my server, but I need to define it's mount > point as /home/. > > I've worked out how to partition it and set up the file system, but all the advice > I've found so far uses rather useless (for me) mount points such as /new/, or > /mnt/hd2, or similar. > > Can I mount the new drive into /home/? > What will it do to the data already in that directory, and its subdirectories?
Nothing. You won't be able to see any existing data on the /home directory while the drive is mounted, but it'll still be there. Any data written while the new drive is mounted won't be reflected on the /home directory. The disk mounted on /home effectively hides the old directory. If you want to copy all of your /home dir to the new disk, mount the new disk somewhere else first (e.g. /mnt/home) 'cp -a /home /mnt/home' then unmount /mnt/home and remount it at /home. Make sure no one is logged in (and using the /home directory) until you've finished. If you want the mount to be permanent, edit /etc/fstab and add a line for this mount. -- Cliff Wells, Software Engineer Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net) (503) 978-6726 x308 (800) 735-0555 x308 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
