Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-29 Thread Joe
On Wed, 29 May 2013 14:16:17 +0200 Jochen Spieker wrote: > > Usually I am a big proponent of LVM even on desktops or laptops with > only a single disk. But users should understand the basic concepts > because you can easily destroy your data with LVM tools. > > It does also add an extra level

Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-29 Thread Jochen Spieker
To Ro: > > After reading all the comments and guiding help I am feeling inclined > towards this late solution: clean new install and later addition of old > data. That is probably the easiest and least risky way to do it. > The reason why I want lvm (first time I am seriously considering it > af

Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-29 Thread To Ro
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:15 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > > And, as always when making such drastic changes. make sure you have a > VALID BACKUP. SO make the backup and test it. > Unless you have a highly modified setup it might also be just easier to do > a clean install and restore the

RE: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-29 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, >> And there is also 600 GB of adjacent disk space where /home used to be >> from squeeze. I already made a tarball with these older /home and >> saved it to an exterior device. I want to reuse this disk space, with >> lvm, and migrate existing wheezy installation to it, occupying the >> w

Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-28 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 28 May 2013, To Ro wrote: > What would be the best course of action to switch my system to lvm? Why do you want or need LVM? Unless you need lots of space, or adding lots of hard drives over time as you run out of space, or quick resizing of partitions, or adding or deleting lots of part

Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-28 Thread CaT
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 05:30:09PM -0400, To Ro wrote: > What would be the best course of action to switch my system to lvm? This is > what I have: > > Filesystem Size Used Avail > Use% Mounted on > rootfs

Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-28 Thread Philip Ashmore
On 28/05/13 22:42, Thore wrote: > What do you want to have? > Your system in lvm or only a vg to create partitions? > Am 28.05.2013 23:30, schrieb To Ro: >> What would be the best course of action to switch my system to lvm? >> This is what I have: >> >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-28 Thread Jochen Spieker
To Ro: > > And there is also 600 GB of adjacent disk space where /home used to be from > squeeze. I already made a tarball with these older /home and saved it to an > exterior device. I want to reuse this disk space, with lvm, and migrate > existing wheezy installation to it, occupying the whole d

Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-28 Thread To Ro
I want to end up with lvm On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Thore wrote: > What do you want to have? > Your system in lvm or only a vg to create partitions? > Am 28.05.2013 23:30, schrieb To Ro: > > What would be the best course of action to switch my system to lvm? This >> is what I have: >> >

Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-28 Thread Thore
What do you want to have? Your system in lvm or only a vg to create partitions? Am 28.05.2013 23:30, schrieb To Ro: What would be the best course of action to switch my system to lvm? This is what I have: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs 9.2G 8.3G 425M 96% / udev 10M 0

Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-28 Thread To Ro
What would be the best course of action to switch my system to lvm? This is what I have: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs 9.2G 8.3G 425M 96% / udev