Re: split root logical volume to var tmp home etc

2009-06-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20090610214449.ga11...@m364d1.ece.northwestern.edu>, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: >If I use a system rescue disk and do this with out the rsync command. > >mount /dev/debian/var /var > >the device /dev/debian/var is still empty and so we need the rsync step, >is it correct? After running the mount

Re: split root logical volume to var tmp home etc

2009-06-10 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 05:25:33PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <20090609211030.ga30...@m364d1.ece.northwestern.edu>, Zhengquan Zhang > wrote: > >On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 04:01:41PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> (0. [LVM specific] Create the new logical volume(s).) > >> 1.

Re: split root logical volume to var tmp home etc

2009-06-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20090609211030.ga30...@m364d1.ece.northwestern.edu>, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: >On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 04:01:41PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> (0. [LVM specific] Create the new logical volume(s).) >> 1. Create new file system(s) on the block devices. [LVM: logical >> volumes] >> 2. Re

Re: split root logical volume to var tmp home etc

2009-06-09 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 04:01:41PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <20090608200757.ga26...@m364d1.ece.northwestern.edu>, Zhengquan Zhang > wrote: > >Now I would like to follow other list member's advice to have separate > >LVs for var, tmp, home etc. But I don't know how to perform the >

Re: split root logical volume to var tmp home etc

2009-06-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20090608200757.ga26...@m364d1.ece.northwestern.edu>, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: >Now I would like to follow other list member's advice to have separate >LVs for var, tmp, home etc. But I don't know how to perform the >operation to make it happen, I have skimmed lvm howto but I don't see a >chapter

split root logical volume to var tmp home etc

2009-06-08 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
Hi, debian list, I had a lenny installation that has the lvm setup done by the lenny installer, I knew nothing about lvm then so it ended up with a single root lv. Now I would like to follow other list member's advice to have separate LVs for var, tmp, home etc. But I don't know how to perform the