[plug] Filesystem with two HD's

[david.buddrige at mitswa.com.au]

what I did when my brother had the same problem was to:

1. Mount /dev/hdb1 somewhere (I will assume it is mounted at: /mnt/harddisk
2. Create a directory on the blank hard-drive (for example I will assume you
will create dir called /mnt/harddisk/transferred
3. Copy a bunch of files from a large directory on /dev/hda2 (/usr/local is
usually pretty big) into /mnt/harddisk/transferred
4. delete the directory whose contents you have just transferred into
/mnt/harddisk/transferred
5. Create a softlink (or hard-link) from the original location to the new
location using the original directory name as the name of the link.

It works just fine... 8-)

Dave...


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	gregr at scs.com.au [SMTP:gregr at scs.com.au]
> Sent:	Thursday, March 18, 1999 3:05 PM
> To:	plug at linux.org.au
> Subject:	[plug] Filesystem with two HD's
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> On my linux box I have the filesystem mounted on /dev/hda2. I want to
> use a second disk at /dev/hdb1 for extra capacity. I can mount the
> disk ok, but if hda2 uses up all of its space, it doesn't
> automagically start using the second disk.
> 
> Is there anyway for me to set it up so I can do this? ie. use the two
> disks as one seamless filesystem? 
> 
> Regards,
> Greg Raftery
> Strategic Computer Solutions
> Perth, Western Australia