Re: how can I add disk space?
Can't you perhaps remember the name of the package for the
multiple-disks-tools? This would be very helpful. Or does anybody
else know how the package is called?
And what do you mean with "LVM is more flexible" (and by the way
what does RAID and LVM mean?)?
Date sent: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 15:03:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: William T Wilson <fluffy@snurgle.org>
To: c-3@gmx.net
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Subject: 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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