> -------Message d'origine------- > De : "S Mathur" <smathur@softhome.net> > Date : Thu, 24 Oct 2002 21:20:19 -0700 > > Hello all, > > I have installed Redhat 8.0 on an old Pentium 100 box that I plan to use a > backup computer for our Lab. > I had opted for the default ext3 filesystem during install and made the > appropriate partitions. > > A few days later I realized that the hard disk space (50GB) would run > out within a few months. I now want to use LVM , so that new hard disks > can be plugged in with little effort , at a later date. > > My question: Can I convert the existing ext3 setup into an LVM managed > system without going through the complete installation process again? Encapsulation is not possible... you have to dump and restore. But if you have some empty space on your disk... you can make a partition of type LVM in fdisk (Type 8e in fdisk)... and create a physical volume... a volume group... a logical volume... You can have a look on the how to of sistina for further information.... (Google will probably find it easily) > > Thanks > Mathur JYL ______________________________________________________ Boîte aux lettres - Caramail - http://www.caramail.com
