On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:07:30PM -0800, Anita Rohani wrote: > Hi > > A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian > system are close to becoming full. I would like to > install an addtional hard disk and extend the > partitions on the current disk to the new disk. Is it > possible to do so and are there any instructions > avaliable on how to add and configure additional hard > disks on Debian? > check the archives. i got a lot of good help recently on migrating a partition. the course i chose was a mixture of tips. your ideal solution might be other that mine. search the archives for partition migration.
essentially, create a filesystem on the new disk, set up a mount point, mount it, cp -r the data, edit fstab to reflect the new arrangement. don't delete the original until you're sure the new partition is extant. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]