Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 08:52:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Kurt Schafer <kurt@cyberbeach.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding new SCSI hard disks Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960901084733.221A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608311710.NAA14849@wave.cyberbeach.net>
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On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Kurt Schafer wrote: > My /var/mail directory is getting a little full, and I'd like to add an > additional SCSI disk to the system just to handle /var/mail > > Can anybody point me to a FAQ or list the commands needed to add in > an additional disk mounted under /var/mail ? Other than standard disk setup tasks (disklabel/newfs), you'll need to: 1) Copy the current contents of /var/mail to the new disk before you mount it, otherwise those inboxes will mysteriously disappear and the users will not be happy. You may want to close down sendmail for the time being so that mail isn't coming through while you're copying the files. 2) Add an entry to /etc/fstab so that the disk is automatically mounted each time the system is started. Think that'd do it Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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