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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.debian, alt.os.linux.slackware
From: Richard Kettlewell <r...@greenend.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:27:16 +0100
Local: Sun, Apr 15 2012 10:27 am
Subject: Re: Is disk-overflow-partition viable?
joop g <j...@xs4all.nl> writes:
That's not really a big deal these days.
> Richard Kettlewell wrote: >> no.top.p...@gmail.com writes: >>> My main data partition is near full. >>> Last year I started some procedure to <allow it to overflow >>> transparently into a new one>. Then I was distracted by an >>> emergency. Now I've forgotten the details and I'm wondering >>> it this is viable, or if it might just cause more complexity and >>> potential confusion. >>> Of course copying everything to a new disk is also disruptive >>> and potentially error prone. >>> How would you fix this problem?
>> LVM.
> Well, by using LVM you can get a bigger disk, but then you still have to You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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