On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:33:10 +0000 "Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)" <jean-luc.coulon@wanadoo.fr> wrote: >Le 30.01.2005 18:04:20, messmate a écrit : >> On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:30:45 +0000 >> "Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)" <jean-luc.coulon@wanadoo.fr> wrote: >> >>> Le 30.01.2005 11:55:44, messmate a écrit : >>>> On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:25:43 +0000 >>>> "Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)" <jean-luc.coulon@wanadoo.fr> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Le 30.01.2005 08:10:52, matthew zeier a écrit : >>>>>> >>>>>> Are there any tips on converting an existing ext3 / to LVM? >>>> >>>> Be carefull; as I know converting an EXISTING ext3 to LVM loses all >>>> data. >>>> Jean-Luc, can you confirm this ?? >>> >>> Tell us *how* you plan to convert it to lvm. >>> >>> J-L >>> >> Reading section 12.3 on the LVM HowTo; there is no good way migrating >> an >> existing filesystem ( with data) to lvm ! >> I'm in doubt if LVM is very usefull following what this howto >> recommend. >> EVMS more suitable? >> mess-mate >> Sorry, I mean 12.1 > >I don't find it neither, do you have any reference? >http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/index.html This one : http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/multpartitions.html > >I've done the migration some time ago from etx3 non LVM to xfs LVM. >Only the migration of the root filesystem is a bit tricky. But this is > not really more diffult that moving a (non LVM) system to a new HDD. > >Jean-Luc > mess-mate _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
