Neil Schneider wrote: > Michael Lynch wrote: >> Is it possible to mount a hard drive and make /root recognize it? >> >> For example I have a 120 gb drive and I would like to add >> another 40 gb drive but I would like my /root to increase its size, >> from 120 to 160 gb. >> >> Is this possible and if so how would I accomplish it? > > Yes, you can do this with Logical Volume Management. Start by reading "man > lvm" You better have good back ups. If one of the drives fails you likely will > lose all the data in /root because it will be distributed across the drives. > The upside is that you can continue to add drives to your system with LVM. I > believe you have to start with LVM in your file system. I don't think you can > add it if you're not already using it. > > Someone will likely correct me if I got some facts wrong.
I would amplify that it is generally thought bad practice to combine storage from multiple physical units into one logical volume (or group), because of the failure of one making it very difficult (if not impossible) to recover data from even the remaining healthy unit! Much better to use accept a (trivially small) inconvenience and mount the second somewhere in the main filesystem from the first. Ask again, if you need help setting this up. Regards, ..jim -- KPLUG-Newbie@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
