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On Fri, Aug 30 2013, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 30/08/2013 17:18, gottlieb@×××.edu wrote: |
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>> On Fri, Aug 30 2013, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>>> gottlieb@×××.edu wrote: |
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>>>> I want to reinstall an old system to have combined root+usr. |
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>>>> I have always used an lvm installation guide that was a "companion" to |
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>>>> the handbook. That is it would tell you how to augment each handbook |
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>>>> installation chapter for lvm (actually lvm2). |
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>>>> I can't find this documentation now on gentoo.org. There is a big wiki |
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>>>> page, but that is different as are daniel's 2-volume "learning linux |
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>>>> lvm". |
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>>>> thanks, |
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>>>> allan |
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>>> Allan, |
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>>> Use the raid+LVM guide and skip all the raid steps. |
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>>> -- |
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>>> Joost |
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>> Yes, that is what I will be doing; but it is not the same as the "companion" |
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>> and hence less familiar to me. Also the wiki certainly does help. |
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>> I haven't studied the raid+LVM closely yet but a quick look didn't |
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>> reveal how to interrupt the installation, shut off the machine, and |
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>> continue later. |
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> the only difference is activating your LVs just before you need to mount |
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> them (before doing the chroot): |
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> vgchange -a y |
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> everything else stays the same. Instead of mounting /dev/sdxy at |
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> /mnt/gentoo/..., you will mount /dev/mapper/${LV} |
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Thank you alan and joost. |
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I actually remembered -a y or -a -y and a search of the lvm commands |
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yielded vgchange. But your replies definitely increased my confidence |
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allan |
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