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Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

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On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 11:13:12 AM Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
> You can always add more filesystem space later. It's easier if you're using
> LVM but that isn't required. You just build another filesystem on the new
> drive after it's installed and mount it into your filesystems, at the
> appropriate mount point.

Don't you have to do things like copy the old filesystem content to the new 
filesystem (possibly using a temporary mount point for one of those), then move 
the new filesystem to the old mount point?  (Maybe that is only if they are 
"system" filesystems (e.g., /var, /etc, /home ...?)

> Where is that? Depends on your needs. What if it's a critical filesystem
> that you can't unmount while the OS is up? Or what if you need to copy a
> critical fs to the new drive and reboot using the new, bigger copy? If
> either is the case, write back and we'll pick it up from there.

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is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems  and install programs to the secondary disk Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxuser@gmail.com> - 2021-02-22 21:10 +0100
  Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-02-22 21:30 +0100
    Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxuser@gmail.com> - 2021-02-22 22:00 +0100
      Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-02-22 22:20 +0100
        Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxuser@gmail.com> - 2021-02-22 22:40 +0100
          Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-02-22 23:20 +0100
          Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-02-22 23:20 +0100
            Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxuser@gmail.com> - 2021-02-23 00:10 +0100
              Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-02-23 00:20 +0100
              Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2021-02-23 17:20 +0100
              Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-02-23 17:20 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-02-23 17:40 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-02-23 18:00 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-02-23 18:20 +0100
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            Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-02-25 15:50 +0100
              Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-02-25 16:00 +0100
              Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-02-25 16:00 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-02-25 16:20 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-02-25 16:30 +0100
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                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-02-25 17:00 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-02-25 17:10 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-02-25 17:00 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-02-25 16:50 +0100
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      Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxuser@gmail.com> - 2021-02-26 07:00 +0100
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          Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxuser@gmail.com> - 2021-02-26 08:40 +0100
            Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-02-26 13:30 +0100
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          Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-02-26 18:30 +0100
            Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-02-26 18:50 +0100
              Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxuser@gmail.com> - 2021-02-27 09:40 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxuser@gmail.com> - 2021-02-27 09:40 +0100
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                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-02-27 10:10 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxuser@gmail.com> - 2021-02-27 13:30 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxuser@gmail.com> - 2021-02-27 13:30 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-02-27 14:50 +0100
                Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian  systems and install programs to the secondary disk Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-02-27 15:20 +0100
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