On 20/12/2007, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sorin Srbu <> scribbled on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 10:44 PM: > > Basic steps (taken from our dept's support-kb). All steps done as root: > > 1. Inform user of plans to add new harddrive and tell them to backup anything > important off of the particular computer should anything go seriously > pearshaped. > > 2. Shutdown computer. > > 3. Install new hd. > > 4. Boot computer. > > 5. Set computer to runlevel 1 (single-user login), so that no users may log on > while finishing the move. > > 6. Check /etc/sysconfig/hwconfig to find out what the hd is actually called. > Should normally be "hdb". > > 7. Run "fdisk /dev/hdb" to prepare the new disk. > > 8. Press p to see a partition list. > > 9. Press n to create a new partition hdb1. Use primary, 1, 1 and the default > settings. > > 10. Press w to write the partition data and stuff to disk. > > 11. Run "mkfs.ext3 /dev/hdb1" to format the partition. > > 12. Move the old /home to eg /home.bak, "mv /home /home.bak". > > 13. Create new /home, "mkdir /home". > > 14. Mount the new new hd to /home, "mount /dev/hdb1 /home". > > 15. Copy the data from /home.bak to /home, "cp -vrf /home.bak /home". > > 16. Edit /etc/fstab to automount /dev/hdb1 as /home at boot. Copy the deault > settings; compare with other mounts in fstab. > > 17. Reboot. > > 18. Ensure the computer is running at runlevel 5 (multiuser with X). > > [19. Optional: Leave /home.bak in place until you see all is working as it > should, after this you can delete it as appropriate.] > > > HTH. > > > > > Joey Prestia <> scribbled on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 9:17 PM: > > > > I did this just the other day, although not using LVMs, just ragular > > old-school partitioning - I find those confusing and difficult to tweak > > later. > > > > I'll mail the steps I did in the morning thursday; am home now and don't > > my notes here. It's not that difficult, unless you start from LVMs on > > your old drive... > > > > > >> I am out of room on my /home partition which is just ext3 and I am > >> wanting to move it to a unpartitioned area which i plan on making a LVM > >> and once the data is moved I want to make the old /home partition LVM > >> also and join it to the new LVM that I am creating. What I am unsure of > >> is how to move the data do I just tar it up and move it to the LVM and > >> untar it add the new part to fstab and take the old part out? will I > >> have to reboot? any Help greatly appreciated. > >> > >> Thanks Joey I'd copy using "cp -pr /home.bak /home". The -p option preserves mode, ownership and permissions. Kind regards, Herta -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
