Re: [linux-lvm] creating DD copies of disks

2016-09-20 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
Dne 17.9.2016 v 20:02 Lars Ellenberg napsal(a): On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 04:40:36PM +0200, Xen wrote: Lars Ellenberg schreef op 17-09-2016 15:49: On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 09:29:16AM +0200, Xen wrote: I want to ask again: What is the proper procedure when duplicating a disk with DD? depends on

Re: [linux-lvm] creating DD copies of disks

2016-09-17 Thread Lars Ellenberg
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 04:40:36PM +0200, Xen wrote: > Lars Ellenberg schreef op 17-09-2016 15:49: > >On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 09:29:16AM +0200, Xen wrote: > >>I want to ask again: > >> > >>What is the proper procedure when duplicating a disk with DD? > > > >depends on what you define as "proper", >

Re: [linux-lvm] creating DD copies of disks

2016-09-17 Thread Xen
Michael D. Setzer II schreef op 17-09-2016 17:18: With windows systems, there seem to be more issues. On the same machine it works fine, but moving to systems that are just a little different sometimes results in various messages. Windows 10 has less issues than before. You can move a system

Re: [linux-lvm] creating DD copies of disks

2016-09-17 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
17 Sep 2016 at 16:53, Xen wrote: Date sent: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 16:53:14 +0200 From: Xen To: linux-lvm@redhat.com Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] creating DD copies of disks Send reply to: LVM general discussion and development

Re: [linux-lvm] creating DD copies of disks

2016-09-17 Thread Xen
Xen schreef op 17-09-2016 16:16: I just won't be able to use the old system until I change it back. Time to test, isn't it. Indeed both Linux and Windows have no issues with the new disk, I think. I was making a backup onto a bigger-sized disk, but neither Windows nor Linux have an issue wit

Re: [linux-lvm] creating DD copies of disks

2016-09-17 Thread Xen
Lars Ellenberg schreef op 17-09-2016 15:49: On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 09:29:16AM +0200, Xen wrote: I want to ask again: What is the proper procedure when duplicating a disk with DD? depends on what you define as "proper", what the desired outcome is supposed to look like. What exactly are you

Re: [linux-lvm] creating DD copies of disks

2016-09-17 Thread Xen
matthew patton schreef op 17-09-2016 15:04: What is the proper procedure when duplicating a disk with DD? If you're literally duplicating the entire disk, what on earth are you doing keeping it in the same system? That's very simple, I'm surprised you wouldn't see it. OF COURSE you remove i

Re: [linux-lvm] creating DD copies of disks

2016-09-17 Thread Lars Ellenberg
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 09:29:16AM +0200, Xen wrote: > I want to ask again: > > What is the proper procedure when duplicating a disk with DD? depends on what you define as "proper", what the desired outcome is supposed to look like. What exactly are you trying to do? If you intend to "clone" PV

Re: [linux-lvm] creating DD copies of disks

2016-09-17 Thread matthew patton
> What is the proper procedure when duplicating a disk with DD? If you're literally duplicating the entire disk, what on earth are you doing keeping it in the same system? OF COURSE you remove it from the origin box if you expect to do anything with it. And I presume there are no active filesy

[linux-lvm] creating DD copies of disks

2016-09-17 Thread Xen
I want to ask again: What is the proper procedure when duplicating a disk with DD? - after duplication you cannot update a PV with pvchange -u because it will supersede your duplicate with the original and not do anything So to do that you need to boot off a different system, deactivate loade