Thanks marshal, Tom and rest all I'll try LVM next time if I need it :)
At present i solved the problem by merging them into one partition with partition magic R'twick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshal Newrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mounting two partitions as one directory > On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Sigurd Stordal wrote: > > > On Friday 06 June 2003 15:59, R'twick Niceorgaw wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > is there any way I can mount two partitions (in two separate disks) as a > > > single directory ? > > That depends on what you want, If it is to get the to partition to act as one > > large one, no I don't think so, but if it is to make the to partition mirrors > > of each other I think it should work with just plain mount of the two > > partition on same mount point. As far as I can recall it worked for me that > > way. > > I wouldn't think mounting two partitions independently on one mount point > would work. Only the highest mount (the most recent) would get anything. > The one under it would just be supporting the mount. If you wanted two > partitions to have the same information, I think you'd have to have a RAID > mirror. > > I believe there is also a form of RAID which merely appends one partition > to the other. Also, the Logical Volume Manager (which I've never used, > only looked at the description in the kernel config) may be of use for > something like that. I believe EVMS is a successor to LVM. > > -- > Marshal Newrock, Simon's Rock College of Bard > Caution: product may be hot after heating > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
