Re: Migrate to XEN and LVM

2007-04-18 Thread Marco Mandl
Thank you for your comments so far. I am going to do the following: 1. Leave to running system untouched as long as possible. 2. Delete an unused partition which occupies the second half of the disk. 3. Create a ext3 partition with 256 MB at the end as boot partition. 3. Create a PV on rest. 4. C

Re: Migrate to XEN and LVM

2007-04-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 03:09:02PM +0200, Marco Mandl wrote: > Gal, > > thank you very much for your answer. > > On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:29:27 +0200, galevsky wrote: > > >> 1. Convert the raw partion to LVM > >>How can I do this? It is the root partition of the only installed > >>system o

Re: Migrate to XEN and LVM

2007-04-16 Thread Marco Mandl
Gal, thank you very much for your answer. On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:29:27 +0200, galevsky wrote: >> 1. Convert the raw partion to LVM >>How can I do this? It is the root partition of the only installed >>system on that box. > > Well, do you have free space ? If not, the best way would be a

Re: Migrate to XEN and LVM

2007-04-16 Thread galevsky
2007/4/16, Marco Mandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hello, I have Debian Sarge running on a traditional partition. Now I am going to make a clean install of edge. Before doing this I wish to migrate to LVM an XEN. Is this realistic? It is. We can even say "recommended" :o) I was searching a lot but

Migrate to XEN and LVM

2007-04-16 Thread Marco Mandl
Hello, I have Debian Sarge running on a traditional partition. Now I am going to make a clean install of edge. Before doing this I wish to migrate to LVM an XEN. Is this realistic? I was searching a lot but did not find a clear answer, yet. I am imaging to do something like that: 1. Convert the