Hey guys, This maybe the first time someone has asked for such kind of help but I need it desperately :frowning: I have a server with 2 partitions installed in it besides the swap partition of course! First partition is 200GB and the second one 100GB size I want to install Discourse on the 100GB partition instead of the 200GB which I’m going to use as storage :hear_no_evil: Now, how can I SSH command it to install my script on the second one instead of getting lost and doing what I don’t know..! I searched almost everywhere but had no straight topics and talks about this problem. Your help is greatly appreciated :slight_smile: EDIT: I forgot to mention that I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on the server already for extra info.

Have you mounted the second partition? If so what’s the path?

It is mounted on /dev/sda4 /dev/sda4 3333580800 3497420799 163840000 78.1G Linux filesystem Hope this helps and thanks a lot for your reply.

[image] spectre: This maybe the first time someone has asked for such kind of help but I need it desperately People ask this all the time places like stack exchange and Unix.com (I think that’s a thing) and other sites about system administration. It’s not really a Discourse issue. Discourse typically keeps stuff in /var/discourse and wherever docker keeps its stuff.

I have 2 partitions and need to know how to mount it on the 100GB HDD partition but don’t know how to call this partition to mount Discourse on it!! If I mount it on /var/discourse? Does it install automatically on that HDD?? :wink: This is where I need the help. How to call to mount that 100GB drive to install Discourse on it.

Assuming you have already created a file system on the partition mkdir /var/discourse mount /dev/sda4 /var/discourse But for it to survive a reboot, you will need to create an /etc/fstab entry, and the link I posted in the previous post will explain to you how to do that.

[image] Richard - Communiteq: But for it to survive a reboot, you will need to create an /etc/fstab entry, and the link I posted in the previous post will explain to you how to do that. Now you’re talking ma-man :wink: I’ll give it a try in the coming days and make sure things are good and mark your reply as solved / solution or need some extra help :smiley: Thnx bro

[image] RGJ: But for it to survive a reboot, you will need to create an /etc/fstab entry, and the link I posted in the previous post will explain to you how to do that. Done and done ma-man! Mounted it and created all the necessary needed things for it to survive but when I install one thing it tells me I can’t install another one on the same hdd..! Your pointers worked and were useful enough to partition the hdd but to install 2 things isn’t going well :frowning: What am I doing wrong now?? :confused:

[image] spectre: when I install one thing it tells me I can’t install another one on the same hdd Can you please explain in more detail on what you’re doing and what it’s saying?

I have 2TB dedicated server with 16GB RAM installed Debian 10 on it to do the following: Before continue, I already run Discourse on a small VPS of 20Gb SSD with 2GB RAM. The site is getting noticed and growing and I thought of moving it to the 2TB. Here it goes: Install a seedbox on almost 1.6TB. Install a control panel to test and run software and scrips for about 300GB Install 100GB of it to run Discourse on it. The problem I get into is; when I install the seedbox it goes well and smooth and when I install VestaCP on the next partition which is mounted and prepared in the command; root@myserver.com :~# cd /vesta it comes up with: root@myserver.com :~#vesta partition The problem is when I install vestacp it goes smooth and runs perfect on the selected partition but when I install the seedbox afterwards, it doesn’t go smooth and gets stuck on: It will take approx 10 minutes for the script to complete Updating package lists Upgrading packages Installing required packages Here it takes 2 hours and nothing goes beyond. On the other hand, when I check Vestacp, I see NGINX is disabled because the seebox is trying to take over! Click Here to view NGINX Offline Status Visa-versa, when I install seebox first, Vestacp says it must be installed on a fresh server! If I have these for the start, I think I’ll chock until Discourse runs as smooth as I want..! I know I’m few clicks away from making things go right but Brain Function Stuck on same point too :frowning:

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RGJ (Richard - Communiteq) September 25, 2022, 2:59pm 5

No, that’s the device. Did you mount it?
You could mount it at /var/discourse and then you’d get what you want.

See for instance https://devconnected.com/how-to-mount-and-unmount-drives-on-linux/ (first Google hit that I liked)

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