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Overwiev of harddrives:
Overwiev of harddrives:
<br>Role IDE Device
<br>Role IDE Device
<br>Master 1 /dev/hda
<br>Master 1 /dev/hda
<br>Slave 1 /dev/hdb
<br>Slave 1 /dev/hdb
<br>Master 2 /dev/hdc
<br>Master 2 /dev/hdc
<br>Slave 2 /dev/hdd
<br>Slave 2 /dev/hdd
''My intention was to have a nice table instead, but I couldn't get it right. You can see it at the end.''
2.1 Let's assume you installed the disk as master on the second IDE controller.
2.1 Let's assume you installed the disk as master on the second IDE controller.
and when prompted:
and when prompted:
n
n (to add a new partition)
(to add a new partition)
p (to make a primary partion)
1 (that's the number one, the number you want to assign to the partition)
p
(to make a primary partion)
1
(that's the number one, the number you want to assign to the partition)
Accept the suggested first & last cylinder values
Accept the suggested first & last cylinder values
w
w (write and exit)
(write and exit)
This will create the primary partition /dev/hdc1, using the entire disk space.
This will create the primary partition /dev/hdc1, using the entire disk space.
A mounting point is just an empty directory that will link to your new disk.
A mounting point is just an empty directory that will link to your new disk.
<br>This can be any valid directory on your server, but it is recommended not to use /home or one of its subdirectories.
<br>This can be any valid directory on your server, but it is recommended not to use /home or one of its subdirectories.
<br>In step 6 you will see a much better method to link your /home directory to the second disk.
<br>In step 4 you will see a much better method to link your /home directory to the second disk.
3.0 Create a directory underneath /mnt
3.0 Create a directory underneath /mnt
3.1 Automount at boot time
3.1 Automount at boot time
<br>To automatically mount the partition at boot time, you need to add the following line to the file /etc/fstab -It can be done in the text editor Pico
<br>To automatically mount the partition at boot time, you need to add the following line to the file /etc/fstab
<br>It can be done in the text editor Pico
pico /etc/fstab /dev/hdc1 /mnt/bigdisk ext3 usrquota,grpquota 1 2
pico /etc/fstab /dev/hdc1 /mnt/bigdisk ext3 usrquota,grpquota 1 2
<br>Go back to step 2 and check if you followed all instructions correctly.
<br>Go back to step 2 and check if you followed all instructions correctly.
=== 4 Mapping ===
4.0 Alternatives
Alternative 1: Use /home to mount the new disk
On standard Linux machines, the /home directory contains the user's directories and is therefore a popular place to mount a bigger disk.
However, on a SME server this is not a good idea:
SME stores all its configuration files in /home/e-smith/db.
<br>If for whatever reason your disk doesn't mount, the configuration files will no longer be accessible, causing all kinds of nasty problems.
Mounting your second disk to /home or even /home/e-smith/files effectively means that your first disk will no longer be used to store user files.
<br>In some cases that might be a good idea, but in most cases you are just wasting the remaining space of your first disk.
Alternative 2: A much better approach is to leave the second disk mounted at /mnt/bigdisk and to create symlinks (symbolic links) for specific ibays or user folders.
The following example shows you how to place the mp3 ibay on the second disk.
4.1 Create the necessary subdirectories on your second disk
mkdir -p /mnt/bigdisk/ibays/mp3
4.2 Apply the ownerships and permissions from the original directory
ls -l /home/e-smith/files/ibays
drwxrwxr-x 18 admin allstaff 4096 Sep 23 14:48 mp3
4.3 Change ownership
chown admin:allstaff /mnt/bigdisk/ibays/mp3
4.4 Set permissions
chmod 775 /mnt/bigdisk/ibays/mp3
4.5 Copy the content to your new disk
cp -rip /home/e-smith/files/ibays/mp3/* /mnt/bigdisk/ibays/mp3
4.6 Check if all files have been copied correctly
diff -r /mnt/bigdisk/ibays/mp3 /home/e-smith/files/ibays/mp3
4.7 Remove the original files
rm -rf /home/e-smith/files/ibays/mp3
4.8 Create a symlink to the new location
ln -s /mnt/bigdisk/ibays/mp3 /home/e-smith/files/mp3
4.9 Test the new location
ls /home/e-smith/files/ibays/mp3
4.10 If you want the ibay to be accessible from the internet, you also need to enable "follow symlinks" in apache:
mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
echo Options FollowSymLinks >> /etc/e-smith/templates custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/85DefaultAccess
/sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/init.d/httpd graceful
=== 5 Quota ===
Next you might want to activate the quota on the disk (optional).
This will only work if you activated quota management for at least one user (Server Manager > Collaboration > Quota Management).
quotacheck -vugc /dev/hdc1
If quotachecks comes back to the command prompt without errors, you're ready.
=== 6 Final check ===
Reboot your machine
reboot
Check if the drive was mounted correctly with
df -T
and/or surf to your ibay.
If it looks fine, relax and tell the world about it, you made it!
{| border="1"
|+Partition overwiev
|-
!Role
!IDE controller
!Device name
|-
|Master
|1
|/dev/hda
|-
|Slave
|1
|/dev/hdb
|-
|Master
|2
|/dev/hdc
|-
|Slave
|2
|/dev/hdd
|-}
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