you are not linking per se. you are just mounting the new partition(s) under an existing partition (/var). i have a similar setup wherein i symlinked /var/tmp to my /tmp partition (1GB) because checkinstall likes to use /var/tmp and my /var is only around 250MB.
this route might not be suitable for your needs because as i understand it you want linux to recognize both partitions as a single unit (e.g. files written directly in /var could be written in either harddisk and that is transparent to the system). LVM addresses this need.
hth.
ciao!
Kirov Reporting writes:
Thnx all for the infos..<snip>
I am not really using any LVM
It is a SAN setup . wherein my storage is attached through a fibre channel switch.
the storage is already full , that is mounted as /var of my linux filesystem , so i have to add again another disk which should also be /var.
Will linking the mount points ,just as eric said, destroy the data?
tks..
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Noel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 15:44:18 +0800
To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [plug] adding new disk
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fdisk /dev/newdevice partition it mke2fs -j /dev/newdevice modify /etc/fstab something like /dev/newdevice /mnt/newdrive ext3 default 2 1 ln -s /mnt/newdrive /var/additionalfolder
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