Re: LVM setup with snapshots

2018-05-12 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 11-05-2018 21:46, Forest Dean Feighner wrote: > I really didn't prepare for lvm. I never used lvm before this so had > no idea of lvm before. > > Snapshots sound like an awesome idea. > > I would like to do a configured base install, create a snapshot, and > modify (fork), the base for different

Re: LVM setup with snapshots

2018-05-11 Thread Forest Dean Feighner
I really didn't prepare for lvm. I never used lvm before this so had no idea of lvm before. Snapshots sound like an awesome idea. I would like to do a configured base install, create a snapshot, and modify (fork), the base for different things. With 20/20 hindsight. The default doesn't seem to h

Re: LVM setup with snapshots

2018-05-11 Thread Forest Dean Feighner
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 09:20:32AM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > > To me, it seems me the partition is too large to to reduce for > snapshots. > > > > What do you mean ? > > Did you allocate all the available space in the volume group to

Re: LVM setup with snapshots

2018-05-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 09:20:32AM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > To me, it seems me the partition is too large to to reduce for snapshots. > > What do you mean ? > Did you allocate all the available space in the volume group to the logical > volumes ? Creating snapshots requires space. Yeah,

Re: LVM setup with snapshots

2018-05-11 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 11/05/2018 à 01:21, Forest Dean Feighner a écrit : I'm completely new to lvm. Then you really should read more about LVM and experiment it before installing a system on LVM. lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert root build-vg -wi-ao-

LVM setup with snapshots

2018-05-10 Thread Forest Dean Feighner
I'm completely new to lvm. lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert root build-vg -wi-ao 463.52g swap_1 build-vg -wi-ao 2.00g I used the default stretch of an lvm partition with the gnome. To me, it seems me the partition is too lar