Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:04:09 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> To: Gerald Lightsey <glightsey1@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What am I doing wrong with MOUNT? Message-ID: <20050228180409.GR10499@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <20050228171532.CDFO13819.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@geraldligh> References: <20050228171532.CDFO13819.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@geraldligh>
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--LkYZvX65tyO4RZtj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 09:15:23AM -0800, Gerald Lightsey wrote: <snip> > My surprise is that every indication I get after I regain control of the > system is that the database tables are being built within the ORIGINAL /v= ar > directory structure rather than the 120gb drive mounted on the /var > mountpoint. If I use the df command while drive 1 is mounted it shows th= at > /var on disk 0 is full and /var on disk 1 just has whatever I copied onto > the drive when it was mounted to a temporary mount point. Also by > experimentation/confirmation I find that simply creating a couple of new > databases within MySQL while drive 1 is mounted on /var shows that the > databases have been created on the original /var on disk 0 as directories > after disk 1 is unmounted.=20 >=20 > What am I doing wrong or what don't I understand about a drive being moun= ted > on /var where data is being written underneath it to the original > /var/db/mysql/mydatabasename on disk 0 rather than onto the mounted disk = 1? What are the outputs of the commands ``mount'' and ``df -h''? Are you sure that you are first unmounting the partition on disk 0 that is mounted at /var before you mount the new disk (1) at /var? Did you reboot at any point? Keep in mind that you will need to alter the file /etc/fstab to let the system know that it now needs to be mounting the single slice from the new disk at /var. Here is quick rundown on how you could achieve your goal: 1) Mount the new disk at at /mnt with something like: # mount /dev/ad1s1a /mnt 2) Copy everything from your original /var partition to the new one: # cd /var && tar cf - ./ | (cd /mnt && tar xvpf -) 3) Edit /etc/fstab from something like: /dev/ad0s1e /var ufs defaults 1 2 to: /dev/ad1s1a /var ufs defaults 1 2 4) Unmount old partition from /var and mount new one at /var: # umount /var && mount /var There may be an error or two in this, but it should serve to give the general idea. Also, you may want to reallocate the partition formerly mounted at /var for something else? Nathan --LkYZvX65tyO4RZtj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCI10ZO0ZIEthSfkkRAksZAJ40nmXM1I9PFf03dZ/jyLs3QmHqLACglAZW FziwpIOHgLevpbzmWuqzoWk= =JjvX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LkYZvX65tyO4RZtj--
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