One note: `sync` does not syncs written data, since it affects only data, written through filesystem. You should use `dd .... conv=fdatasync` instead. 2016-07-09 22:00 GMT+05:00 Digimer <lists@alteeve.ca>: > On 08/07/16 11:52 AM, Brian McCullough wrote: >> >> I have been hunting for some time over the past couple of days, and find >> several documentss that talk about converting from an LVM2 volume to a >> raw disk image for Xen, but nothing about the reverse. >> >> I have a VHD disk file that I would like to put on to an LVM2 volume, >> like my other DomU guests. >> >> I can see using dd, but am concerned about overwriting the LVM2 header. >> >> >> Does anybody have any suggestions? > > I've done this with KVM before just fine. The LV metadata won't be > overwritten when you write to the actual LV. So this would work fine; > > dd if=/path/to/image.raw of=/dev/vg0/lv_foo bs=4M; sync > > Then just change your server's definition to point at the LV instead of > the raw file and voila. > > -- > Digimer > Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ > What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without > access to education? > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ -- Segmentation fault _______________________________________________ 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/
