AW: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

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hmmm, perhaps I should rethink keeping my mythstore in an ext3 partition over software raid :(



> All of 'em are basically resizeable under LVM, however not all are 
> shrinkable.
> 
> But ext2 isn't journaled, and ext3 is *horrible* at large file 
> deletions.  I believe another poster to this list just discovered the 
> reason for some of his problems was due to lengthy I/O caused by Myth 
> deleting very large (16GB?) files while trying to record another show on 
> his ext3 filesystem.
> 
> XFS, JFS, and ReiserFS handle deleting of large files much much better.  
> With XFS it is nearly instant, no matter the size.  JFS is almost as 
> fast.  ReiserFS I haven't tried yet.
> 
> David
> 
> Jochen Kühner wrote:
> 
> >You can also use ext2 or 3, they are both resizeable, too.
> >
> >I use also lvm with 400gb and one 200gb drive, works great.
> >
> >
> >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >Von: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> >[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] Im Auftrag von Jason McLeod
> >Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. September 2005 20:09
> >An: Azmat; Discussion about mythtv
> >Betreff: Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting
> >point
> >
> >As mentioned by others, using Logical Volume Management is probably  
> >your best bet.  You may also find life easier to use ReiserFS for the  
> >filesystem on your newly created logical volume.  This will allow you  
> >to resize the filesystem in the future, should you add a 3rd drive.
> >
> >I'm currently running with 4 drives, giving me 450 Gigs of storage,  
> >just a bunch of old drives I had kicking around.
> >
> >I actually installed the Webmin package, to manage the LVM and set it  
> >up.  Quick and easy.  Make sure if you're going to use ReiserFS, that  
> >you install the Reiser utilities too.
> >
> >Cheers.
> >-Jason
> >
> >Blog: http://jayslife.com
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> >
> >On 21-Sep-05, at 10:31 AM, Azmat wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I'm not sure if this has been asked before or if its even possible,  
> >>but is there any way to mount two HD's to a single mounting point  
> >>in Linux?  I just added a second HD to my mythbox and was hoping  
> >>there might be a way for /video to point to both of them.  Thanks.
> >>
> >>Azmat
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