Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Saturday 09 April 2011 08:04:19 Dale wrote: > Joost Roeleveld wrote: > > Nice :) > > > > Btw, instead of specifying "final" size after resizing, you can actually > > tell it to "add" 20GB by doing: > > lvrextend -L+20G /dev/sdb-vg/test > > > > -- > > Joost > > So that was what the howto meant

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Dale wrote: > > I think I am too.  Since folks know I am disabled anyway, I went to the Dr > the other day.  The new meds aren't perfect but it is better.  When I go > back, he may change it to another med.  He just wanted to try this first. >  It does sort of help

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Thanasis
on 04/09/2011 04:33 PM Dale wrote the following: > > I'm just needing to find me a good LARGE drive to put in here. I'm > checking out the reviews but it just seems most have issues. > > Thoughts? > I think you should be safe with WD1002FAEX, WD1502FAEX and WD2002FAEX.

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Saturday 09 April 2011 06:43:25 Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 12:48 on Saturday 09 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: Yes. PVs, VGs, LVs all have a concept of extend|resize|reduce. What that means depends on what you are wo

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:00:49 -0500, Dale wrote: > I wish it was like file system labels but I guess any clues is better > than nothing. It is like filesystem labels in that you can give VGs and LVs meaningful names. You can use filesystem labels too, if you feel the need. A logical volume is jus

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 13:43 on Saturday 09 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: > So, when I get me a new drive, I use pvcreate to get it ready for LVM, > then use vgextend to add it to the VG, then it is available for whatever > LV I want to extend or to make a new LV? Yup, that's rea

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: Nice :) Btw, instead of specifying "final" size after resizing, you can actually tell it to "add" 20GB by doing: lvrextend -L+20G /dev/sdb-vg/test -- Joost So that was what the howto meant. If I know the total I need then I can specify it but if I know the amou

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Friday 08 April 2011 16:30:03 Dale wrote: The naming I was talking about was sort of like a label. I wanted to use test, where I might use say data in real use, but ended up with this: root@fireball / # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% M

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Saturday 09 April 2011 06:43:25 Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Apparently, though unproven, at 12:48 on Saturday 09 April 2011, Dale > > did > > opine thusly: > > Yes. > > > > PVs, VGs, LVs all have a concept of extend|resize|reduce. What that > > means > > depends on what you are worki

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Saturday 09 April 2011 00:28:20 Dale wrote: > OK. I learned something. Check this out: > > root@fireball / # df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > << SNIP >> > /dev/mapper/sdb--vg-test >51606140 48910048 74652 100% /mnt/temp > r

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Friday 08 April 2011 16:30:03 Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Fri, April 8, 2011 11:01 pm, Dale wrote: > >> root@fireball / # > >> > >> I'm still trying to figure out how the naming part works tho. Now to > >> mount it and put something on it. See if it works. > > > > Naming part, t

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 12:48 on Saturday 09 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: Yes. PVs, VGs, LVs all have a concept of extend|resize|reduce. What that means depends on what you are working with, but they all make the thing bigger or smaller. For a PV it means the

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 12:48 on Saturday 09 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: > > the new drive ready for LVM. What command adds it to the VG? Is it > > vgcreate with some option? I was sort of looking for something like > > vgadd or something but no luck finding that. Maybe I am

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:43:12 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: No matter how many drives you have, I doubt you'll need more than one volume group. ...although I did find not long ago that a second VG for another, temporary distro kept things tidy.. This is not to co

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:43:12 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: No matter how many drives you have, I doubt you'll need more than one volume group. ...although I did find not long ago that a second VG for another, temporary distro kept things tidy.. This is not to con

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:36:28 -0500, Dale wrote: A little time saver, if you have only one VG, set $LVM_VG_NAME to its name and you can leave the VG name out of any lv* commands. I'll have more than one before long so may as well learn the long way. Neat to

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:43:12 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > No matter how many drives you have, I doubt you'll need more than one > > volume group. > > ...although I did find not long ago that a second VG for another, > temporary distro kept things tidy.. This is not to contradict you > though

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 09 April 2011 09:52:01 Neil Bothwick wrote: > No matter how many drives you have, I doubt you'll need more than one > volume group. ...although I did find not long ago that a second VG for another, temporary distro kept things tidy.. This is not to contradict you though. -- Rgds Pe

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:36:28 -0500, Dale wrote: > > A little time saver, if you have only one VG, set $LVM_VG_NAME to its > > name and you can leave the VG name out of any lv* commands. > I'll have more than one before long so may as well learn the long way. > Neat to know tho. I'm hoping for

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Dale
OK. I learned something. Check this out: root@fireball / # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on << SNIP >> /dev/mapper/sdb--vg-test 51606140 48910048 74652 100% /mnt/temp root@fireball / # This is what I am doing here. As I posted a

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Mark Shields
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:22 AM, Dale wrote: > Hi, > > Quick question about LVM. I have a 750Gb drive that has miscellaneous > stuff on it. Stuff likes videos, music, pictures, ISO files and a few other > things. It's not full yet but it is working on it. I have my OS on sda. > The large driv

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 23:23:20 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Cool so far. Now make a few more LVs (check the man pages, I'm doing this from memory): lvcreate -L 20G -n test2 sdb-vg lvcreate -L 30G -n test3 sdb-vg A little time saver, if you have only one VG, set $LVM

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 23:23:20 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Cool so far. Now make a few more LVs (check the man pages, I'm doing > this from memory): > > lvcreate -L 20G -n test2 sdb-vg > lvcreate -L 30G -n test3 sdb-vg A little time saver, if you have only one VG, set $LVM_VG_NAME to its name and

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 20:38:21 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > So when I get ready to make a file system, say ext3, then it would be > > mkfs.ext3 /dev/mapper/. Then it would be ready to put > > stuff on. > > Yup. You'll have to poke around /dev/ a bit to see how your udev does > it today but you

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: On Fri, April 8, 2011 11:01 pm, Dale wrote: root@fireball / # I'm still trying to figure out how the naming part works tho. Now to mount it and put something on it. See if it works. Naming part, there are 2 ways of finding it. 1: /dev// 2: /dev/mapper/- You in

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 23:01 on Friday 08 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: > Dale wrote: > > root@fireball / # pvcreate /dev/sdb > > > > Physical volume "/dev/sdb" successfully created > > > > root@fireball / # > > > > Step one done. It didn't puke on my keyboard. lol > > > > N

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Fri, April 8, 2011 11:01 pm, Dale wrote: > Dale wrote: >> >> >> root@fireball / # pvcreate /dev/sdb >> Physical volume "/dev/sdb" successfully created >> root@fireball / # >> >> Step one done. It didn't puke on my keyboard. lol >> >> Now to see what else I can get into. Not going to put any

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: root@fireball / # pvcreate /dev/sdb Physical volume "/dev/sdb" successfully created root@fireball / # Step one done. It didn't puke on my keyboard. lol Now to see what else I can get into. Not going to put anything important on it tho. Just a temporary thing right now. Jus

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 19:39 on Friday 08 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: [snip] Yea, I didn't type that in the way I meant it. PV is the bottom level, then VG goes on top of that then the LV. I think I am typing that in right. Basically, I create the P

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 19:39 on Friday 08 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: [snip] > Yea, I didn't type that in the way I meant it. PV is the bottom level, > then VG goes on top of that then the LV. I think I am typing that in > right. Basically, I create the PV first, then the VG

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 18:25 on Friday 08 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: I'm going to give this a stab here. I go buy a new drive. I use cfdisk to make it ready for LVM, the 8E thingy. Yes I then tell LVM to make it a Physical Volume, either i

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 18:25 on Friday 08 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: > I'm going to give this a stab here. I go buy a new drive. I use cfdisk > to make it ready for LVM, the 8E thingy. Yes > I then tell LVM to make it a > Physical Volume, either in whole or in part. Yes

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2011 08:57:40 Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:21:33 +0200, Joost Roeleveld wrote: I think Dale will probably succeed in breaking it :) Dale, this comment isn't meant as an insult. I honestly think you would

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Friday 08 April 2011 09:45:48 Dale wrote: He tends to want to get away. That's where the slimy part comes in. I'm not sure where you are from but in some parts of the USA, some bright people do fish with their hands, usually very large catfish too. I saw it on TV

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread David W Noon
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:50:03 +0200, Dale wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS: [snip] >Ooooh. Still some progress tho. lol So, if I was going to use LVM, >I create a partition first, either whole drive or part of it then use >LVM on that? You use pvcreate

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Friday 08 April 2011 09:45:48 Dale wrote: > Joost Roeleveld wrote: > > On Friday 08 April 2011 08:40:18 Dale wrote: > >> Neil Bothwick wrote: > >>> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:42:59 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Yes. correct. Don't forget to set the partition type to "Linux LVM" > > (8e). > > That would be

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Friday 08 April 2011 08:40:18 Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:42:59 -0500, Dale wrote: Little light bulb here. physical volume is the same as a physical drive? If I understand it correctly, it is the whole thing unpartitione

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Friday 08 April 2011 08:40:18 Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:42:59 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> Little light bulb here. physical volume is the same as a physical > >> drive? If I understand it correctly, it is the whole thing > >> unpartitioned. > > > > No. A physica

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:42:59 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Little light bulb here.  physical volume is the same as a physical >>> drive?  If I understand it correctly, it is the whole thing >>> unpartitioned. >>> >> >> No.

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 08 April 2011 15:40:18 Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:42:59 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> Little light bulb here. physical volume is the same as a physical > >> drive? If I understand it correctly, it is the whole thing > >> unpartitioned. > > > > No. A physica

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:42:59 -0500, Dale wrote: Little light bulb here. physical volume is the same as a physical drive? If I understand it correctly, it is the whole thing unpartitioned. No. A physical volume is an area of disk. It can be the whole disk but it

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Friday 08 April 2011 05:42:59 Dale wrote: > I been reading this howto: > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/index.html > > It hasn't been updated in several years now. Should I be reading this > or is it up to date enough that I wont end up confused because of > changes that have occurred

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:42:59 -0500, Dale wrote: > Little light bulb here. physical volume is the same as a physical > drive? If I understand it correctly, it is the whole thing > unpartitioned. No. A physical volume is an area of disk. It can be the whole disk but it more usually a partition.

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-08 Thread Dale
I been reading this howto: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/index.html It hasn't been updated in several years now. Should I be reading this or is it up to date enough that I wont end up confused because of changes that have occurred since that howto has been updated? I don't want to le

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 07 April 2011 11:35:42 BRM wrote: > - Original Message > > > From: J. Roeleveld > > I think the issue comes from the fact that LVM2 supports Mirroring without > an underlying RAID controller: > > http://tinyurl.com/3woh2d7 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manag

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread BRM
- Original Message > From: J. Roeleveld > On Thu, April 7, 2011 7:31 pm, BRM wrote: > > The attraction to LVM for me was that from what I could tell it supported > > and > > implemented a software-RAID > > so that I could help protect from disk-failure. I never got around to > > confi

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 07 April 2011 14:21:33 Joost Roeleveld wrote: > Dale, this comment isn't meant as an insult. I honestly think you would be > perfect for some QA or Testing job :) QA != Testing QA is the features of a company organisation that give it the characteristic of not introducing faults.

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thu, April 7, 2011 7:31 pm, BRM wrote: > - Original Message > >> From: Joost Roeleveld >> On Thursday 07 April 2011 06:52:26 BRM wrote: >> > - Original Message >> > >> > > From: Joost Roeleveld >> > > >> > > On Thursday 07 April 2011 06:20:55 BRM wrote: >> > > > - Origi

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread BRM
- Original Message > From: Joost Roeleveld > On Thursday 07 April 2011 06:52:26 BRM wrote: > > - Original Message > > > > > From: Joost Roeleveld > > > > > > On Thursday 07 April 2011 06:20:55 BRM wrote: > > > > - Original Message > > > > > > > > > From: Neil Bo

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 07 April 2011 09:11:35 Dale wrote: > Joost Roeleveld wrote: > > On Thursday 07 April 2011 15:41:00 Joost Roeleveld wrote: > >> On Thursday 07 April 2011 14:31:43 Neil Bothwick wrote: > >>> On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:21:33 +0200, Joost Roeleveld wrote: > I think Dale will probably succe

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 07 April 2011 08:57:40 Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:21:33 +0200, Joost Roeleveld wrote: > >> I think Dale will probably succeed in breaking it :) > >> > >> Dale, this comment isn't meant as an insult. I honestly think you > >> would > >> be perfect for

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 07 April 2011 06:52:26 BRM wrote: > - Original Message > > > From: Joost Roeleveld > > > > On Thursday 07 April 2011 06:20:55 BRM wrote: > > > - Original Message > > > > > > > From: Neil Bothwick > > > > > > > > On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:22:41 -0500, Dale wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2011 15:41:00 Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2011 14:31:43 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:21:33 +0200, Joost Roeleveld wrote: I think Dale will probably succeed in breaking it :) Dale, this comment isn't m

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:21:33 +0200, Joost Roeleveld wrote: I think Dale will probably succeed in breaking it :) Dale, this comment isn't meant as an insult. I honestly think you would be perfect for some QA or Testing job :) But not on any project you wanted to

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread BRM
- Original Message > From: Joost Roeleveld > On Thursday 07 April 2011 06:20:55 BRM wrote: > > - Original Message > > > From: Neil Bothwick > > > On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:22:41 -0500, Dale wrote: > > > > I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put my > >

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 07 April 2011 15:41:00 Joost Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday 07 April 2011 14:31:43 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:21:33 +0200, Joost Roeleveld wrote: > > > I think Dale will probably succeed in breaking it :) > > > > > > Dale, this comment isn't meant as an insult. I h

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 07 April 2011 14:31:43 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:21:33 +0200, Joost Roeleveld wrote: > > I think Dale will probably succeed in breaking it :) > > > > Dale, this comment isn't meant as an insult. I honestly think you would > > be perfect for some QA or Testing job :)

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:21:33 +0200, Joost Roeleveld wrote: > I think Dale will probably succeed in breaking it :) > > Dale, this comment isn't meant as an insult. I honestly think you would > be perfect for some QA or Testing job :) But not on any project you wanted to finish on time ;-) -- N

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 07 April 2011 06:20:55 BRM wrote: > - Original Message > > > From: Neil Bothwick > > > > On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:22:41 -0500, Dale wrote: > > > I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put my > > > OS > > > on. Just my personal opinion on LVM. > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 07 April 2011 14:04:05 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:49:55 -0500, Dale wrote: > > > Bear in mind that LVM has been around for years. It is proven and > > > reliable. Once setup, you don't have to touch it, so you can't break > > > it. The least trustworthy part of your s

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread BRM
- Original Message > From: Neil Bothwick > On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:22:41 -0500, Dale wrote: > > I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put my OS > > on. Just my personal opinion on LVM. > This doesn't make sense. Your OS can be reinstalled in an hour or two, > y

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:49:55 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Bear in mind that LVM has been around for years. It is proven and > > reliable. Once setup, you don't have to touch it, so you can't break > > it. The least trustworthy part of your system remains the user. > Since I have no experience with LVM,

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 07 April 2011 07:49:55 Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:28:40 -0500, Dale wrote: > I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put > my > OS on. Just my personal opinion on LVM. > >>> > >>> This doesn't make sense. Your OS c

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:28:40 -0500, Dale wrote: I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put my OS on. Just my personal opinion on LVM. This doesn't make sense. Your OS can be reinstalled in an hour or two, your photos etc. are irreplace

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Dale
Gregory Shearman wrote: In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:22:41 -0500, Dale wrote: I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put my OS on. Just my personal opinion on LVM. This doesn't make sense. Yo

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Gregory Shearman
In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:22:41 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >> >>> I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put my OS >>> on. Just my personal opinion on LVM. >>> >> This doesn't make sense. Your OS can be reinstalled

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 07 April 2011 06:12:40 Dale wrote: > Joost Roeleveld wrote: > > On Thursday 07 April 2011 05:22:41 Dale wrote: > > You will need to do it in the following steps though: > > - create PV, LVM and LV on the new drive > > - copy data over > > - create PV on old drive and add it to LVM > > C

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:28:40 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put my > >> OS on. Just my personal opinion on LVM. > >> > > This doesn't make sense. Your OS can be reinstalled in an hour or two, > > your photos etc. are irreplaceable. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Alex Schuster
Dale writes: > Quick question about LVM. I have a 750Gb drive that has miscellaneous > stuff on it. Stuff likes videos, music, pictures, ISO files and a few > other things. It's not full yet but it is working on it. I have my OS > on sda. The large drive is on sdc. If I buy another drive it

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:22:41 -0500, Dale wrote: I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put my OS on. Just my personal opinion on LVM. This doesn't make sense. Your OS can be reinstalled in an hour or two, your photos etc. are irreplaceable.

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:22:41 -0500, Dale wrote: > I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put my OS > on. Just my personal opinion on LVM. This doesn't make sense. Your OS can be reinstalled in an hour or two, your photos etc. are irreplaceable. -- Neil Bothwick Advance

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2011 05:22:41 Dale wrote: Hi, Quick question about LVM. I have a 750Gb drive that has miscellaneous stuff on it. Stuff likes videos, music, pictures, ISO files and a few other things. It's not full yet but it is working on it. I have my OS on

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-07 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Thursday 07 April 2011 05:22:41 Dale wrote: > Hi, > > Quick question about LVM. I have a 750Gb drive that has miscellaneous > stuff on it. Stuff likes videos, music, pictures, ISO files and a few > other things. It's not full yet but it is working on it. I have my OS > on sda. The large dr