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On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 16:45 -0400, Randy Barlow wrote: |
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> So I was an idiot when I set up my system and didn't use LVM. Now that |
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> I'm out of disk space on one of my drives and kicking myself, I want to |
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> do it without doing a reinstall. If I use tar -cvjpf |
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> oldSystemThatShouldStillWorkWhenUnTarred.tar.bz2 /, then setup LVM, then |
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> 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 necessary |
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> file system information? I just want to make sure I'm not forgetting |
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> 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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The -a option might be a good choice, and i like the --one-file-system |
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as well, for backup purpouses. Its very convenient to be able to restore |
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partitions separatly, without having to remember whats mounted where and |
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'what parts of this and that did I archive'. |
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rsync is nice too. And faster... Just remember not to rsync to a non |
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UNIX FS, as that would cause some troubles with permissions and other |
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things. |
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Good luck. :) |
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/Björn |
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