On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 06:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > 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. >
You most likely want cp -a rather than cp -r. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
