adding scsi drive to running system

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Tom Wilson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I don't have any real experience with Linux and scsi so I need so
> assistance.
>
> I have a IBM xseries 220 running Libranet 2.8.1.  It is a proxy server
> running Squid.  Currently it has 1 18gig scsi drive in it.  I have a
> 36gig hot swap drive that I want to add to the system so I have plenty
> of room for the cache to grow.
>
> What is involved in adding the drive?  Can I just stick it in and go?
>
> I don't need it mirrored or raid or anything like that.  I just want to
> add the drive format it, and move the /var partition to it.

In theory that should work, although i've not used any IBM 220s.  Worst
case is that you'd have to reboot the box for the additional drive to
become usable.  Just look at dmesg when you insert the new drive, and see
if its recognized by the OS.

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