From: Jens Benecke <jens@pinguin.conetix.de>
To: Heinz Mauelshagen <mauelsha@ez-darmstadt.telekom.de>,
linux-lvm@msede.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Existing Linux System
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:59:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19991012155912.D979@earth.zuhause.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199910141952.AA07775@mailgate1b.telekom.de>; from Heinz Mauelshagen on Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 09:52:29PM +0000
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 09:52:29PM +0000, Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> > I have an exisiting linux system. Running Mandrake 6.0. I have
> > installed sucessfully the kernel patch and the LVM software. Can I
> > convert the existing layout to use LVM?
> No conversion in means of nondestructive change of your existing
> partition based filesystems into logical volume based ones.
> > And if so how would that be accomplished.
> You have to have free disk space available (at least about 10-20% more
> than the already used space for your partition based filesystems) to set
> up a volume group containing logical volumes for /, /usr, /tmp, /var and
> so on.
> Create filesystems in these logical volumes and mount them.
Is there a kind of Migration-HOWTO included in the LVM package that tells
you how to migrate an existing system in detail?
--
_ciao, Jens_______________________________ http://www.pinguin.conetix.de
Windows NT indeed has very low Total Cost of Ownership. Trouble is,
Microsoft _owns_ Windows NT. You just licensed it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-10-12 13:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-10-14 13:18 [linux-lvm] Existing Linux System Al Smith
1999-10-14 19:52 ` Heinz Mauelshagen
1999-10-12 13:59 ` Jens Benecke [this message]
1999-10-16 16:02 ` Al Smith
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