Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:10:32 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Tarakanov <val@hcol.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: partition spanning multiple hdd's Message-ID: <19980320141032.00248@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199803200300.VAA12467@www.hcol.net>; from Tarakanov on Thu, Mar 20, 1997 at 09:05:15PM -0600 References: <199803200300.VAA12467@www.hcol.net>
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On Thu, 20 March 1997 at 21:05:15 -0600, Tarakanov wrote: > I had my mail partition overfill (well, almost -- 99%) and I am thinking > about adding another drive (or drives) in to put in the same partition. > (/mail). > So the question is: > do I have to enter the /stand/sysinstall to do this or do I have to use > the commands of the freebsd manually. You have the choice. > If I do it, will the current information on the /mail partition be > retained or do I need to back it up? Do you really have a /mail file system? That's unusual. Anyway, if you add a new file system, it doesn't (shouldn't :-) affect the ones you have already. > I guess it's not really a partition, but a volume that I am talking > about (at least novell would call it a volume) but this is my first > unix box so far. In UNIX, it's best to call them file systems. We also use the term partition, but differently from Microsoft, so it's confusing. To summarize: you can use either sysinstall or the old-style utilities to add a new file system. sysinstall is much easier, but both methods offer you ample opportunities for shooting yourself in the foot. Make a backup first, and tread carefully. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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