> At IPL how will the Suse initrd find the Volume group and mount the root file system? I don't think it can. We boot from a 100 cyl /boot fs and have a logical volume mounted over /. Maybe the easiest way is to try this type of migration is to play tricks with minidisks:
- Shut down the Linux to be migrated - Define a new user ID with the two or three new volumes as well as the volumes with the old / and /usr/ as different minidisks - Install a fresh sles8 with a 100 cyl /boot and a two or three volume LVM over / - Temporarily mount and recursively copy the old / to the new / - Do the same for /usr/ - Reboot and cross your fingers - if it doesn't work, at least the old user ID is unchanged and can still be booted I've never tried this, but it sounds good on "paper". (During the time I was writing this I see Mark and Brandon's posts. I tend to agree - you may want to avoid logical volumes over / altogether.) "Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) 433-7061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390