> I have 3 discs, two 180 GB and one 200 GB drive, every drive > is one Partion with a one PV which builds a 560 GB VG from that I > get a 500 GB LV. > > Now the 200 GB hdd is faulty. But I have no change to extend the > LV, because the Max LV Size is 512 GB. So pvmove isn't > possible. But I have another 200 GB Drive in my system. > > Now the question: Can I "dd" the faulty 200 GB drive to the > new 200 GB drive? And if, how? Does "dd if=/dev/hde1 > of=/dev/hdf1" the job, or what have I to do? If they are of exact the same size (best would be the same drive) you can do a "dd if=/dev/hde of=/dev/hdf" and then remove the faulty drive. Should work. Greets, Steffen _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/