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Re: mount new block deivce in existing dir

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Hi,

On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 03:11:43AM +0800, Ken Young wrote:
> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/vda1       9.7G  1.5G  7.9G  16% /
> ...
> 
> So I want to add a block device /dev/vdb and fdisk/format it and mount it
> as /home dir.

Have you checked your VPS provider's documentation to see if you
can simply increase the size of the vda disk and vda1 partition?
This is very commonly available with VPS setups and can often even
be done without you rebooting.

Cheers,
Andy

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mount new block deivce in existing dir Ken Young <ken@highwinds.cloud> - 2023-03-05 20:20 +0100
  Re: mount new block deivce in existing dir The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2023-03-05 20:40 +0100
  Re: mount new block deivce in existing dir Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-03-05 23:30 +0100
    Re: mount new block deivce in existing dir Ken Young <ken@highwinds.cloud> - 2023-03-06 00:50 +0100

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