On Monday 04 June 2007, Randy Barlow wrote:
> I've set up my desktop machine using LVM over software raid, and
> although I like it I'm getting weary of the complication of the setup
> for a simple desktop system. What I would like to do is get the same
> install (packages, config files, etc) as are currently used, but have
> it all on one file system for simplicity. I know I can use DD to
> copy a filesystem, but I don't think that will work in this case. I
> was thinking of doing a fresh install and then using my backup of
> /etc to try and get the same setup. If I copy the world file from
> the previous system and emerge -e world, will that get all the
> packages I currently have? Afterwards I would just copy the rest of
> /etc into place and go about on my merry way. Are there any problems
> with this approach?
No need to reinstall, you just need to shuffle some stuff around. But
first, what is your setup?
Post the results of 'df -h', {pv,vg,lv}display and fdisk -l so I can see
how big etc your partitions and volumes are. Also fstab
alan
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