Re: LVM: how to avoid scanning all devices

2018-01-03 Thread Steve Keller
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 02:17:59PM +1100, Igor Cicimov wrote:   > Look at filter examples in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf   That's not what I'm looking for.  I *do* have LVM physical and logical volumes on most of my drives, e.g. a volume group on my backup drive. And I want an explicit call to vgscan to

Re: LVM: how to avoid scanning all devices

2017-12-19 Thread Igor Cicimov
On 15 Dec 2017 11:36 pm, "Steve Keller" wrote: When calling LVM commands it seems they all scan all disks for physical volumes. This is annoying because it spins up all disks that are currently idle and causes long delays to wait for these disks to come up. Also, I don't

Re: LVM: how to avoid scanning all devices

2017-12-18 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Steve, On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 01:19:46PM +0100, Steve Keller wrote: > When calling LVM commands it seems they all scan all disks for > physical volumes.  This is annoying because it spins up all disks that > are currently idle and causes long delays to wait for these disks to > come up. Can

LVM: how to avoid scanning all devices

2017-12-15 Thread Steve Keller
When calling LVM commands it seems they all scan all disks for physical volumes.  This is annoying because it spins up all disks that are currently idle and causes long delays to wait for these disks to come up.  Also, I don't understand why LVM commands scan the disks so often since the

Re: LVM how to

2009-06-13 Thread Suno Ano
Gianni how can I resize the LVM default partition layout of debian? Gianni The root is to small around 400mb... I looked around the web Gianni but it look like I need to do that from a rescue cd, which one Gianni should I use? Any good link for a easy how to :) I wrote an article about it

Re: LVM how to

2009-06-03 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, 20 May 2009 00:34:24 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 07:17:48AM +1000, gianni wrote: HI lists how can I resize the LVM default partition layout of debian? the root is to small around 400mb... I looked around the web but it look like I need to do that from a rescue

Re: LVM how to

2009-06-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In h06ons$dl...@ger.gmane.org, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Wed, 20 May 2009 00:34:24 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 07:17:48AM +1000, gianni wrote: HI lists how can I resize the LVM default partition layout of debian? the root is to small around 400mb... I looked around the web

Re: LVM how to

2009-06-03 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:31:19 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In h06ons$dl...@ger.gmane.org, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Wed, 20 May 2009 00:34:24 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: You don't need a rescue CD, and you can even do it while the filesystem is mounted! So the warnings about unmounting the

Re: LVM how to

2009-05-23 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 07:17:48AM +1000, gianni wrote: HI lists how can I resize the LVM default partition layout of debian? the root is to small around 400mb... I looked around the web but it look like I need to do that from a rescue cd, which one should I use? any good link for a easy how

Re: LVM how to

2009-05-22 Thread Chris Davies
gianni giovanni.favor...@gmail.com wrote: how can I resize the LVM default partition layout of debian? the root is to small around 400mb... It depends entirely whether your root partition is part of the LVM or not. If it's part of the LVM you can use lvextend and then resize2fs (or if you're

Re: LVM how to

2009-05-20 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 07:17:48AM +1000, gianni wrote: how can I resize the LVM default partition layout of debian? the root is to small around 400mb... I looked around the web but it look like I need to do that from a rescue cd, which one should I use? any good link for a easy how to :) No

Re: LVM how to

2009-05-20 Thread Mario Morrell
On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 23:20 +0200, gianni wrote: HI lists how can I resize the LVM default partition layout of debian? the root is to small around 400mb... I looked around the web but it look like I need to do that from a rescue cd, which one should I use? any good link for a easy how to :)

LVM how to

2009-05-19 Thread gianni
HI lists how can I resize the LVM default partition layout of debian? the root is to small around 400mb... I looked around the web but it look like I need to do that from a rescue cd, which one should I use? any good link for a easy how to :) thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: LVM how to

2009-05-19 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 1242767868.4841.6.ca...@machina.eolo, gianni wrote: how can I resize the LVM default partition layout of debian? Growing or shrinking? What filesystem(s) involved? -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984

Re: LVM how to

2009-05-19 Thread Roger Leigh
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 07:17:48AM +1000, gianni wrote: HI lists how can I resize the LVM default partition layout of debian? the root is to small around 400mb... I looked around the web but it look like I need to do that from a rescue cd, which one should I use? You don't need a rescue CD,