2009/6/5 Leo <li...@fractal.me.uk>: > I've a general query about where to mount hard disks. I've read various > bits on the web about the general linux structure of /, /usr, /etc... > which I think I understand. However I now seem to have quite a few hard > disks in my desktop and I don't immediately see how they fit with this > structure. > > Anyway after that somewhat rambling start what I was trying to get to is > the following: I started with a disk mounted on /, and one on /home. > I've since acquired some more hard disks that I use to store data > (mainly music) and I'm trying to work out how to mount them. The > options, as I see it, are: > 1. Mount the disk directly in /home/me/Music. > 2. Mount the disk in /mnt/Music and link /home/me/Music to it. > 3. Mount the disk in /mnt/Music and bind /home/me/Music to it. > > Is there a standard/prefered way of doing this? (As an aside, I am the > only user of the computer so I don't have to worry about other users > needing to access the drives.) I also have some samba shares on the > server that I want to use. What is the recommended way of mounting those > on my desktop?
This is the point I use LVM - it will merge all those disks into one visible disk. Warning: LVM means that if all your disks are in one LVM group, then a single disk failing can mean ALL your data is corrupted - backup data if using LVM Anton -- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
