Hi,
This might be a bit late for this disscussion, but I ve just been through
this with a customer of mine,it was of some help, so I thought I would
share.
the attached text file is just one example of adding a hard drive, the
commands and whats on the screen etc.
<<newhddexample>>
regards
John Rogers
OCE Australia
System Engineer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liz Dunbar [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 27 January 2000 14:58
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: hdb partition sizes
>
> I added a (gift) 20GB 2nd disk because the first (1.xx GB, as I recall -
> it's been snowing) is 83% full and filling with rapidly growing website
> and
> mail use. My totally untutored idea was to move the website to the larger
> disk, leaving mail on the first, and keep encouraging the website to grow
> apace in peace. Is this going to work?
>
> Since I blew my first attempt at partitioning the new drive, before I try
> again - what size partitions and how many should I make to effectively use
> this humongous disk and comfortably hold this website?
>
> And will somebody please tell me what books to buy so I can quit bugging
> you guys - or at least ask the right questions!
>
> Richard Adams wrote:
> >But why make partitions so large, its considered beter to make smaller
> >partitons that willl allow you to use the disk more freely around the
> >system.
> >I would suggest parttions from 1G to 1,5G.
> >
>
> Liz Dunbar
> Webmaster, Academic Coordinator of Technology, Ad Hoc System Administrator
> Baltimore City College ... Baltimore MD USA ...
> http://knight.city.ba.k12.md.us
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> And this is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a </html>
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