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On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 09:05:01 -0600, Jc García wrote: |
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> > Another related LVM question. I have some partitions on LVM. If I |
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> > moved the drives to another system, would the new LVMs be found on the |
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> > new system or is there some magic involved to find and get them |
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> > mounted? Example. My /home is on its own LVM partition. If I moved |
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> > the drive that has that on it, would the new system see it or would I |
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> > have to do something to make it see it? I suspect and wouldn't want |
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> > it to mount automatically. I'd just want to be able to see it and |
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> > mount it if needed. Sort of a question I have always wondered about. |
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> On my experience as long, as udev and lvm are running on the receiving |
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> system, they should be found and placed for access under /dev, not |
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> mounted automatically. |
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Unless there is already a VG on the other system with the same name. LVM |
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doesn't handle VG name clashes, yet some distros still give them generic |
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Neil Bothwick |
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... "I just forgot to increment the counter," Tom said, nonplussed. |
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