Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive

[Dale]

Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 2:59 PM Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>> While at it, can I move the drives on LVM to another system without
>> having to copy anything?  Just physically move the drives and LVM see
>> them correctly on the new system?
> As long as we aren't talking about boot partitions/sectors, the answer
> is yes.  As long as all the drives are attached and accessible by the
> kernel (necessary drivers/etc present), then LVM will put them
> together.  It doesn't care where it finds them, as all the necessary
> metadata is stored on the drives and gets scanned.
>
> If you're talking about boot partitions/sectors then it isn't a huge
> problem, but you do need to ensure the bootloader can find the right
> drives/etc, as it isn't nearly as flexible and may need updates if the
> drives switch order/etc, at least for legacy bootloaders.
>

That's what I was thinking but I was wondering if I had to copy
something from /etc for it to work or not.  It's best to be sure.  ;-) 

I may do some mobo hunting shortly.  See what little thing I can buy
that is powerful enough.  I don't think a Raspberry Pi is enough.  It
gets close tho.  Biggest thing, I'd need a lot of SATA ports.  LOTS of
them. 

Thanks to all.

Dale

:-)  :-)