Thanks for the reply - I'm not afraid of command line tools - but SuSE 7.3 has a graphical LVM module for their YaST2 tool which make it quite easy (and visual) to manipulate (I'm thinking about ease of use for newbies here!)
Thanks, R.Fox On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 17:14, Rene Schumann wrote: > Am Fre, 2002-02-01 um 14.34 schrieb Pixel: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Fox) writes: > > > > > Thanks for the prompt response - so I take it that it's not possible to > > > create an LVM with existing paritions (for example: I have a second HD > > > with 20 Gig - presently I have two 9.5 gig ReiserFS partitions on it for > > > the Cooker Rsync downloads and backups . . . if I wanted to create an > > > LVM on that drive - I would have to blow away the existing paritions and > > > recreate them under a newly created LVM partition?) > > > > I don't know if migration from normal partitions to LVM is feasible, but at > > least i'm sure diskdrake won't do it :) > > > Hello! > > It isnt feasible. > > > > > > > > > > Also, after the LVM partition is created - how does one manage it (are > > > there any graphical tools for that?) > > > > i don't know. > > > > I dont know any graphical tool but there are command line tools, which > are very easy too. > > /sbin/lvchange > /sbin/lvcreate > /sbin/lvdisplay > /sbin/lvextend > /sbin/lvmchange > /sbin/lvmcreate_initrd > /sbin/lvmdiskscan > /sbin/lvmsadc > /sbin/lvmsar > /sbin/lvreduce > /sbin/lvremove > /sbin/lvrename > /sbin/lvscan > /sbin/pvchange > /sbin/pvcreate > /sbin/pvdata > /sbin/pvdisplay > /sbin/pvmove > /sbin/pvscan > /sbin/vgcfgbackup > /sbin/vgcfgrestore > /sbin/vgchange > /sbin/vgck > /sbin/vgcreate > /sbin/vgdisplay > /sbin/vgexport > /sbin/vgextend > /sbin/vgimport > /sbin/vgmerge > /sbin/vgmknodes > /sbin/vgreduce > /sbin/vgremove > /sbin/vgrename > /sbin/vgscan > /sbin/vgsplit > > Each has a good manpage and is IMHO very easy to understand. > > mfg > Rene >
