On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 11:09:31PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > 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. >
yup. you're right. just checked the notes. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]