2009/2/18 Oliver Dr. Muth <samweis2...@yahoo.de>: > Hi Adrian > > thanks for the quick reply. > >> Are the partitions Native EVMS or are they normal partitions accessed >> through the /dev/evms/ mount points? > Most of them are native EVMS, because I occasionally used the snapshot > function. They are EVMS on LVM2 on a software RAID. > I could probably convert them back into "compatibility volumes". > > My main goal with EVMS was to have a nice GUI that allows to resize/shrink > partitions with different filesystems - without having to remember all > commmand line options. > >> Have you tried booting the system using the lenny install media and >> selecting rescue mode to see if the partitions can still be accessed >> without changing your system? > I wanted to upgrade via the Net, so I don't have installation media yet. > I guess the best way is to first convert all volumes back from EVMS to > "compatibility"(especially root), then make some space on the RAID and > install a minimal lenny as rescue system. I would have to install lenny last, > otherwise it would change the grub boot sector and I'd be stuck, right?
You can always skip the installing grub step in the installer. Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
