Topic: Adding mount capabilities to E-Smith

[Mike Stoddart]

Will disk mounting capabilities ever be added to the E-Smith server? I'm thinking that because E-Smith only "recognises" a single hard disk during installation, it would be useful to be able to install a second hard disk using mount via the web interface.

I'm considering installing a second hard disk into my server, but I dont want to have to re-instsall E-Smith to use it.

Thanks

[Orville Carter]

Mike,
I had a problem installing e-smith with two SCSI drives on my controller.
Correct me if I am wrong, but only one physical drive is allowed on e-smith.

E-smith installed without any problems only after the second scsi drive was physically
disconnected from the controller.

I would love to put three 10 gig scsi on on of my dual-processor machines.

OC

[Mike Stoddart]

I didnt realise there was a physical limitation with E-Smith. Is that a SCSI/EIDE/both limitation?

[Orville Carter]

Mike,

I did not install e-smith with IDE drives, however, I believe the same will apply.
IDE drives are not on my top-10 list. We have seen too many IDE drive failures during the past 6 to 7 years.

It may be a security issue, I guess.

Orville

[David Barber]

I added a 2nd SCSI disk to my e-smith box, no problem.  

1. "format /dev/sdb" (2nd scsi disk), and create your partitions using the "fdisk" option

2. "mke2fs /dev/sdb1" to create your filesystem on the new partition

3. "mkdir /work" (that's where I mounted my 2nd drive's partition)

4. "mount /dev/sdb1 /work" to actually attach it.  

Check your results with "df -k" and you should see your new partition and mount point, along with sizes total, used, etc.

5. Update "/etc/fstab" with your new partition information. (see the entries in there already for layout.

It worked for me, so it should work for you!

Good luck!

David Barber
DB Computers
Komoka, Ontario