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I have a used disk full of video files which is 1TB in size and is mounted on /usr/local/nginx/html. I want to remount it on /disk1 for naming purposes. If I remount it would the files still be intact? Eg: /usr/local/nginx/html/folder/file.txt be moved to /disk1/folder/file.txt?

Im asking this because Ill be doing it on a production server. I could order a new HDD for this so I could backup>remount>restore but thats not cost effective for me.

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  • Can you just symlink it?
    – dawud
    Commented Mar 13, 2014 at 7:57

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If the situation is as you describe it, this would indeed be the case. And nginx wouldn't find the files anymore....

Beside symlinking, you could also just mount the FS a second time at the new location, possibly with the --bind option (see man mount).

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I agree that a symlink is probably your best shot, you can do this like this:

ln -s /usr/local/nginx/html /disk1

that way you can reach the drive from both paths.

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