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On Monday 04 June 2007, Randy Barlow wrote: |
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> I've set up my desktop machine using LVM over software raid, and |
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> although I like it I'm getting weary of the complication of the setup |
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> for a simple desktop system. What I would like to do is get the same |
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> install (packages, config files, etc) as are currently used, but have |
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> it all on one file system for simplicity. I know I can use DD to |
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> copy a filesystem, but I don't think that will work in this case. I |
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> was thinking of doing a fresh install and then using my backup of |
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> /etc to try and get the same setup. If I copy the world file from |
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> the previous system and emerge -e world, will that get all the |
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> packages I currently have? Afterwards I would just copy the rest of |
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> /etc into place and go about on my merry way. Are there any problems |
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> with this approach? |
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No need to reinstall, you just need to shuffle some stuff around. But |
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first, what is your setup? |
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Post the results of 'df -h', {pv,vg,lv}display and fdisk -l so I can see |
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how big etc your partitions and volumes are. Also fstab |
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alan |
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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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