Bill Kenworthy wrote: > On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 00:48 -0500, Dale wrote: >> Bill Kenworthy wrote: >>> Is there a GUI in portage for managing an LV? Fedora etc have >>> system-config-lvm but I cant find anything for gentoo. >>> >>> (the commandline tools are good, but this is something where I want a >>> visual check before in case I am assuming something thats wrong). >>> >>> BillK >>> >>> >> Well, webmin is back in portage. There is also a new program called >> kvpm that is in a overlay, kde overlay I think. No further info on that >> since I don't have it installed. I just installed webmin and it is >> there so that may help you. >> >> If you go the webmin route, just emerge it, start the service, point >> your browser to https://localhost:10000/ and look under the Hardware >> link on the left. I can NOT say how stable this is or how well it >> works. I just installed it again myself. I seem to recall it was not >> maintained or something and got axed from portage. No idea when it came >> back or anything. Just be careful until you can test it. >> >> Maybe someone will pop up with another GUI too. Oh, it would be a good >> idea to at least know the basics of the command line tools. What if one >> day your LVM fails and you don't have a GUI? Just a thought. ;-) >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> > Thanks Dale ... surprised WebMin is back as its security history was so > dismal. > > I have been using LVM on linux almost all my systems for years and LV on > older unix's before that - but I find the text tools can be confusing > and its too easy to make mistakes. The visual tools give a much clearer > picture so mistakes are (hopefully) less likely. From what I can see, > the GUI's are built on top of the cmdline tools anyway. > > The pvmove is almost finished (nice it can be done online!) so two older > smaller disks can be removed, then the 2T drive moved to a new system > then I can start adding some other little bitty drives Ive been given > back into the LV (well, not the 60G :) > > Dont you just love "Your systems are too old and unsupported so they > must be replaced (no, you cant keep that 2007 Sony Vaio, or that core2 > duo as its over 3 years old). Under the rules you can have a laptop, > but not a desktop however we have some old drives and 2 year old quad > core zeon laying around you can use. And you can use your old drives if > you want. "Use gentoo do you? - your on your own ..." > > I am sure there is logic in there somewhere ... at least I am getting a > new macbook air out of it, as well as a ....load of extra work to do > moving things around :) > > BillK > >
Well, I recently bought a new 3Tb drive to replace a 250G and a 750G that was using LVM to make a 1Tb drive. I have deleted the stuff and was going to use webmin to create a LVM for backups, until I run out of space at least. I can't figure out how to create a pv in webmin tho. It looks like it is done in the vg section but not sure. It's been a long while since I even looked at webmin and IT HAS CHANGED. A while back I saw some info on the KDE version of LVM management. The screenshots looked pretty neat and it seems to be really nice. The Redhat toolbox looks nice too but I don't guess it will ever be on Gentoo. Anyway, my problem is remembering which comes first. I try to remember PVL. Physical first, then volume and then logical. Thing is, webmin has it in a different order which makes me wonder. :/ I'm sort of getting used to this confusion. lol Now to go study this some more. O_O 2:00AM and I'm staring at a screen. Jeeez! Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
