Re: adding new hard disk

[ben_foley@web.de]

On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 11:09:31PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> 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.
>

yup. you're right. just checked the notes.

ben