Randy Barlow schrieb: > So I was an idiot when I set up my system and didn't use LVM. Now that > I'm out of disk space on one of my drives and kicking myself, I want to > do it without doing a reinstall. If I use tar -cvjpf > oldSystemThatShouldStillWorkWhenUnTarred.tar.bz2 /, then setup LVM, then > tar all that junk back to the new system via tar -xvpf > oldSystemThatShouldStillWorkWhenUnTarred.tar.bz2 with / as my working > directory, should that do the trick (with, of course, another go at > grub-install)? Is the -p flag to tar enough to store ALL the necessary > file system information? I just want to make sure I'm not forgetting > anything... > > P.S. And I'll have to build LVM support into the kernel too... > > R
>From time to time i backup my complete system to avoid a reinstall after failures. I used something like this and it worked for me (tested it after a hard drive crash)! tar --atime-preserve --same-owner --numeric-owner -Spvcjf back.tar.bz2 / Maybe some flags are not necessary but --same owner would be a good option to preserve the user and group permissions of the files too, as i don't know if -p already covers this. Also take care to mount all partitions you want to backup! I don't know about lvm as i did not use a logical-volume-manager this time and now i use lvm within evms. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
