The easist way to do it is to: 1. fdisk to make the partitions on the new disk 2. create the filesystem (different tools for diferent fs) 3. mount the disk in some temporary space eg /mnt/home2 4. copy all the data over from /home to /mnt/home2 ensuring that you maintain file permissions 5. edit fstab so that /home mounts on the new device 6. for safety mv /home /home_old (you can delete if everything is okay later)
alternatively you can copy all the data across and symlink /home to the new location. Brett :> -----Original Message----- :> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of :> Edwin Humphries :> Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2003 10:11 AM :> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> Subject: [SLUG] Mounting a second hard drive :> :> :> I want to add a second hard drive to my server, but I need :> to define it's mount :> point as /home/. :> :> I've worked out how to partition it and set up the file :> system, but all the advice :> I've found so far uses rather useless (for me) mount :> points such as /new/, or :> /mnt/hd2, or similar. :> :> Can I mount the new drive into /home/? :> What wil it do to the data already in that directory, and :> its subdirectories? :> :> Edwin Humphries, :> Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd :> [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> www.ironstone.com.au :> Phone: 02 4233 2285 :> Fax: 02 4233 2299 :> Mobile: 0419 233 051 :> -- :> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ :> More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug :> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
