-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 09:31:31PM +0200, Justin Hartman wrote: > I currently have a server with an 80GB hdd which is running out of > space very quickly. I want to now add a 250GB hdd in addition to the > 80GB one and move my mysql data to this new 250GB drive. > > I am running mysql-5.0.30 on Etch which was installed via apt-get so > there has been no modifications made to mysql whatsoever. How do I now > move my mysql server to store files on the new hard drive instead of > the old one without having to mess around too much? > > Any help appreciated. > -- > Regards Hi Justin, probably the simplest way is to just make a new /var on the new drive and move all of it there. - -add new HD to computer - -partition HD - -format HD - -mount new HD as /mnt/newvar - -stop all processes (like single user mode) - -copy all of /var to /mnt/newvar - -move /var to /oldvar (not sure this works) - -create /var - -edit fstab to add mount point to make new partition point to /var - -reboot and hope it works cheers, Kev - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | 'under construction' | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
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