[mythtv-users] Symlink for /storage/videos ?
Lan Barnes
lan at falleagle.net
Wed Nov 21 16:23:10 UTC 2007
On Tue, November 20, 2007 7:20 pm, Levander wrote:
> lanas wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Is it OK to use a symlink for /storage/videos or will this mess
>> something up ? I plan to add another drive to the box.
>
> No idea about the symlink. I would assume no because I've used symlinks
> for lots of crazy stuff under Linux. I've never noticed any difference
> between a symlink and a regular folder.
>
> But, you know that you can just mount the new disk on /storage/videos in
> /etc/fstab?
>
... or mount the new HD as a subdir, as in:
As root, add to /etc/fstab
/dev/hd<new> /storage/videos/more ext3 defaults 0 0
As root, run:
mkdir /storage/videos/more
Either reboot (the M$ way) or as root, run
mount /storage/videos/more
If it returns w/o message, you have the new drive mounted. fstab will
automagically mount it in the future.
IIRC, in video storage, subdirs are automatically recognized.
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Lan Barnes
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