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Line 1: − 1. It might be useful to make a shorter, more printer-friendly version. Maybe as pdf?+ − − 2. Another suggestion is to replace the names bigdisk, mp3 and hdc1 with variables that the user can change to fit their situation. − <br>These variables will then change the later paths automatically. − <br> I think that would increase the success-rate when using it. − − 3. Maybe combine suggestion 1 and 2, so the printable version show the customized paths? Would that be doable? How? − − 4. Is it really necessary to go to runlevel 1 (with telinit 1)? − <br>It's a petty that I can't do these actions thru an ssh-client (copy and paste-ability). − − − − Doesn't the CONSOLE > MANAGE DISK REDUNDANCY already take care of this automatically? If so, I don't know why this HOWTO is needed. http://wiki.contribs.org/Raid#Adding_another_Hard_Drive_Later − − == Another Option == − − Not recommended way as if you loose the drive you loose your system but you are in a world of hurt following these instructions and loose the drive as well. In all of these commands you would replace {drive} with the device you are working with (hda,hdc,sda,sdb,etc). − − fdisk /dev/{drive} − − Do the n,p,1 stuff. Then do T (change partition type), 1 (partition 1), 8e (Linux LVM). You can then write and save the partion. − − Instead of formatting the drive do the following: − − pvcreate /dev/{drive}1 − − The 1 at the end specifies the partition you created in fdisk. − − Add the new partition to the volume group with: − − vgextend main /dev/{drive}1 − − And check that you have new available space (it should show total size and free space): − − vgs − − Increase the root logical volume with: − − lvresize -L +{space available} main/root − − And finally increase the filesystem with: − − ext2online -C0 /dev/main/root − − Also see [http://wiki.contribs.org/Raid#Upgrading_the_Hard_Drive_Size Upgrading the Hard Drive Size] in the Raid article. The lvresize and ext2online commands can be used to take advantage of all of the available space. − − By following these instructions you aren't just limiting space to a specific mount point/ibay but make it available to the entire system. You also don't have to mess with or tweak quotas. The space just becomes available. − − If you are using a clean drive that is new to the system you shouldn't have to reboot or telinit 1 either. − − :{| − |- − | I am in favor of above solution as this is much easier for users, how about replacing the original article or adding it as a separate article in the WIKI? - [[User:Cactus|Cactus]] 15:41, 18 August 2007 (MDT) − |}
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