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On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:45:23 -0400 |
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Randy Barlow <randy@×××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> So I was an idiot when I set up my system and didn't use LVM. Now |
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> that I'm out of disk space on one of my drives and kicking myself, I |
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> want to do it without doing a reinstall. If I use tar -cvjpf |
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> oldSystemThatShouldStillWorkWhenUnTarred.tar.bz2 /, then setup LVM, |
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> then tar all that junk back to the new system via tar -xvpf |
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> oldSystemThatShouldStillWorkWhenUnTarred.tar.bz2 with / as my working |
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> directory, should that do the trick (with, of course, another go at |
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> grub-install)? Is the -p flag to tar enough to store ALL the |
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> necessary file system information? I just want to make sure I'm not |
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> forgetting anything... |
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> P.S. And I'll have to build LVM support into the kernel too... |
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> R |
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You could always just move a few very large or very critical pieces of |
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the filesystem (like /home) over to a new drive. Then you'd have lots |
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of extra space and you'd have a backup disk to use in case your primary |
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went down. You could also back up the primary stuff on an unmounted |
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backup partition on the second drive, effectively providing an |
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almost-hot backup. |
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BTW, I highly recommend not compressing the archive |
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>...tar.bz2 |
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because it will take a really long time. Just tar it and leave it at |
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that. It might be a few hundred megs bigger, but it'll get done before |
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december. |
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