Alan McKinnon wrote:
cp -a /mnt/gentoo/backup/var /mnt/gentoo/var
cp -a /mnt/gentoo/backup/usr /mnt/gentoo/usr
Um, no. This gives you new usr and var directories like so:
/usr/usr/
/var/var
You want:
cp -a /mnt/gentoo/backup/var /mnt/gentoo/
cp -a /mnt/gentoo/backup/usr /mnt/gentoo/
Thanks for correction!
With lvm, this becomes a breeze.
I remember having lvm2 a few years ago, and despite of that I could not
extend any partition, which was being used. What is then lvm2 good for,
if I can not extend partitions on-the-fly? I can not unmount /usr before
extending...
And one more counter-argument: with traditional partitions I can select
where a certain partition is (physically). Those partitions accessed
frequently I put to the beginning of the disk with higher transfer-rate.
In my case, it makes quite difference:
obelix ~ # hdparm -t /dev/md2
Timing buffered disk reads: 252 MB in 3.02 seconds = 83.23 MB/sec
obelix ~ # hdparm -t /dev/md9
Timing buffered disk reads: 150 MB in 3.02 seconds = 49.72 MB/sec
Jarry
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