2009/6/5 Leo <linux@???>:
> I've a general query about where to mount hard disks. I've read various
> bits on the web about the general linux structure of /, /usr, /etc...
> which I think I understand. However I now seem to have quite a few hard
> disks in my desktop and I don't immediately see how they fit with this
> structure.
>
> Anyway after that somewhat rambling start what I was trying to get to is
> the following: I started with a disk mounted on /, and one on /home.
> I've since acquired some more hard disks that I use to store data
> (mainly music) and I'm trying to work out how to mount them. The
> options, as I see it, are:
> 1. Mount the disk directly in /home/me/Music.
> 2. Mount the disk in /mnt/Music and link /home/me/Music to it.
> 3. Mount the disk in /mnt/Music and bind /home/me/Music to it.
>
> Is there a standard/prefered way of doing this? (As an aside, I am the
> only user of the computer so I don't have to worry about other users
> needing to access the drives.) I also have some samba shares on the
> server that I want to use. What is the recommended way of mounting those
> on my desktop?
This is the point I use LVM - it will merge all those disks into one
visible disk.
Warning: LVM means that if all your disks are in one LVM group, then a
single disk failing can mean ALL your data is corrupted - backup data
if using LVM
Anton
--
Anton Piatek
email: anton@???
blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com
pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc)
fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF
No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a
significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
