Hi again, and thanks for your quick reply! >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ben Lutgens" <blutgens@sistina.com> >To: <linux-lvm@sistina.com> >Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 10:31 PM >Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] EXT2 to EXT3 LVM volume on Redhat > >>As far as i can understand a simple: >> >>tune2fs -j /dev/storage/space > >Yup. I've done this many times with no problems. Good, odds are in my favour :) >> >>would create a new journal file, and convert the filesystem to ext3. and a: >> >>tune2fs -i 0 /dev/storage/space >> >>would disable the fsck's that occur now and then (and takes an insane amount >>of time on a 650gb filesystem), and are no longer necessary since the >>filesystem is EXT3. > >Don't presume that because it's EXT3 that fscks are no longer necessary. >Only thing the journal guarantees is that your metadata won't become >corrupt (i think journal=data mount option fixes this but will affect >performance and not neccessarily badly). If your filesystem has been >shutdown cleanly many many times you could still has some loss. A fsck >should take care of that. So i skip this tune2fs -i 0 /dev/... option? and let the system fsck the discs when it wants to? If so, do i have to change any other settings anywhere to tell fsck that this is an ext3 filesystem now, or is that first command all I need? > >>and then everything would be ok? or is there more that need to be done? > >take backups. >take backups. >take backups. >take backups. Im a poor student, so 650gb x 2 is a little bit out of my league right now. But yes: point taken. > >:-) > >> >>Is this a complicated process that i might just as well avoid in order not >>to damage my data? Or is this pretty straightforward? > >It's pretty straight forward. Did I mention to make sure you have backups? >Oh and the other concern is that you want to make sure you backup before >you get carried away ;-) > >Can you tell my tape drive has saved my life and my job once or twice ;-) Im starting to see the picture ;) Im fortunate in the way that so far, i am the only one using these data :) > >-- >Ben Lutgens | http://people.sistina.com/~blutgens/ >System Administrator | http://www.sistina.com/ >Sistina Software Inc. | > >"I got a wife and kids too but you don't see me out here stealing Imperial >Droids now do ya?" No sir, I certainly dont. :) Regards Aslak Sommerfelt Skretting aslak@skretting.org _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html
