[ILUG] Adding a hard disk ....

[Declan Grady]

Brian Brazil wrote:

>On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 09:57:21AM +0100, Declan Grady wrote:
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>>I dont know how to do this.... If i create a new /var/spool partition, 
>>how do I get at the data in the current /var/spool directory ?
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>Insert Disk
>Boot in single user mode 
>(in lilo 'linux single' will probably do it. YMMV)
>Partition the new drive
>Format the new partition(s) (mkfs.<filesystem type>)
>Mount the new partition on /mnt
>copy data: cp -aR /var/spool/ /mnt
>umount /mnt (optional)
>umount /var/spool (also optional)
>mount /dev/hdb1 /var/spool
>init 3 #or whatever runlevel you normally use
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OK. Sounds reasonable ... do I have to change the fstab file to point 
/var to the new location ?
Also, any benefit in putting the /var/log, /var/export, and /var/spool 
on separate partitions, or just make a /var on the new disk and put it 
all there ?

Thanks,
Declan