Re: how can I add disk space?
On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 c-3@gmx.net wrote:
> There must be a way to use both HDs' disk space, isn't there one?
There are a few options.
First, you can mount one disk in the directory tree underneath the other.
This will allow you to have the data written into that subdirectory stored
on one drive, and the data written elsewhere stored on the other. This is
probably the easiest all-around option but depending on your data you
might not be able to arrange it so easily.
You could also export the new drive separately from the old one, so that
users would be able to select between the old share and the new one.
If you really need to have both drives combined into a single partition
you will have to use the MD (multiple disks) driver. To do this you need
to add MD support to your kernel and read the Multi-Disk HOWTO and maybe
the Software-RAID HOWTO or the LVM HOWTO (LVM is more flexible, but
requires you to do patches or use the 2.4 kernel which is a major topic in
itself).
You should be able to find a package for the MD-tools you'll need to
combine the volumes; I don't, unfortunately, know what it's called.
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