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Hi World,

My hard disk is full - I have another i want to add

Help needed:
Either tell me what docs to read (i cant find any) or
How do I do it?

- Fdisk ?   - how do i look at at hdb1
- format ?  - how do i format hdb1
- /etc/fstab ?  - should i add a line before /proc

Thanx all

mat

ps mail please

Quote:>Help needed:
>Either tell me what docs to read (i cant find any) or

Quote:>How do I do it?
>- Fdisk ?   - how do i look at at hdb1
>- format ?  - how do i format hdb1
>- /etc/fstab ?  - should i add a line before /proc

You want to use fdisk to break the new hard disk into
partitions, the size of which depends on whether you want
to use it for swap, home, usr, or whatever.  If you'll post
and mail me hard drive sizes I can suggest a layout for the
new disk, or you can check
/usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Multiple-Disks-Layout
for suggestions (probably way more info than you need, though).

Then, you want to format it as an extended 2 filesystem.
"mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hdb1" for example.

Then, you want to copy all your files in /usr, for example, to
the new partition.

"mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/usr"
"cp -a /usr /mnt/usr"
(I think; someone please correct me if this misses something)

Then, you want to mount the new partition over /usr, by adding
the line:
"/dev/hdb1       /usr            ext2   defaults 1 2"
to /etc/fstab

Finally, reboot or
"umount /dev/hdb1"
"mount /dev/hdb1 /usr"

Test things out, then
"umount /dev/hdb1"
"rm -Rf /usr"
"mount /dev/hdb1 /usr"

As always, when playing around with big deletes, etc., backups
are good to have just in case.
---
Roy Stogner

MR> My hard disk is full - I have another i want to add
MR>
MR> Help needed:
MR> Either tell me what docs to read (i cant find any) or
MR> How do I do it?

Try running man for the commands; try looking at fdisk(8), mkfs(8),
and fstab(5).

MR> - Fdisk ?   - how do i look at at hdb1

fdisk /dev/hdb

MR> - format ?  - how do i format hdb1

mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hdb1

MR> - /etc/fstab ?  - should i add a line before /proc

Adding a line is a good idea, it doesn't matter where.

MR> ps mail please

Posted and mailed.

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