Mount a Filesystem as a Subdirectory

Mount a Filesystem as a Subdirectory

To mount a filesystem as a subdirectory, you simply add a new disk with a separate filesystem and create a new mount point for it within your filesystem. This is generally considered the safest way to add space. For example, if your Usr filesystem is short of space, add a new disk and mount the new filesystem on a directory called /usr/work. A drawback of this approach is that it does not allow hard links to be created between the original filesystem and the new filesystem.

See Chapter 2, "Performing Disk Administration Procedures," for full information on partitioning a disk and making filesystems on it.