[SOLVED] Hard drive expansion options

Hello everyone,
I installed Arch on a 40GB hard drive I had laying around just to try it out. I have since decided to use it as my main OS. How would I go about expanding my storage onto a second physical hard drive (250GB)? Considering I already have Arch installed, is it possible for me to still use a LVM? When I run out of space on my 40GB drive, can I just change pacman's root installation directory to my second hard drive?
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
Last edited by crypt0 (2014-04-17 03:28:22)

Inxsible wrote:
I don't think the OP is using LVM. He is asking if he can use LVM without having to re-install.
I have to look for a post which enlightened me about using LVM after you have installed Arch. I haven't actually done that. Let me go find that post.
Edit: Here it is: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 3#p1396753
Try out and let us know how it went. I have been meaning to look into it, but just haven't had the time.
Sorry for the late reply. Yes that is what I meant. Blocks has however caused an issue with GRUB. The details are located here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=180190
Edit: 1. Got Blocks installed.
Last edited by crypt0 (2014-04-17 01:27:47)

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