On 06/01 07:47 , Philippe Rousselot wrote:
> My hard drives are full and need to add one to have a new and bigger 
> /var partition.
> 
> In the mean time I would like to continue  backing up things using an 
> external drive


I think what you are trying for here is best served by the general plan:

* copy data from /var/lib/backuppc to the external HDD
* mount external HDD in place of /var/lib/backuppc
* when you get new disk, mount it in place of /var/lib/backuppc and copy
your data from the external HDD to the new disk


Do you know how to use tar and/or dd to copy the contents of one disk to
another?

Do you know how to use mount or a bind mount to mount your disk onto
/var/lib/backuppc?


Since /var/lib/backuppc is where the data is stored, I suggest that the best
course of action is to have a separate filesystem mounted there. That way,
if your data disk dies you still have the OS to help fix things; and if your
OS disk dies you have the data undisturbed.


-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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