Re: adding new hard disk
On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 06:59 GMT, ben_foley@web.de 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 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?
>>
> check the archives. i got a lot of good help recently on migrating a
> partition. the course i chose was a mixture of tips. your ideal
> solution might be other that mine. search the archives for partition
> migration.
>
> essentially, create a filesystem on the new disk, set up a mount
> point, mount it, cp -r the data, edit fstab to reflect the new
> arrangement. don't delete the original until you're sure the new
> partition is extant.
>
You most likely want cp -a rather than cp -r.
--
monique
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