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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    RE: [SLE] How to upgrade from 7.3 to 8.1
From:       "Alleman, Lowell" <lowella () MFPS ! COM>
Date:       2003-02-04 0:28:40
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You can setup LVM with the LVM command line tools or using YaST at install
time (I think you can use them after install, but its more of a pain to
convert a non-LVM system into a LVM system...it can be done with given
enough time and patience; it's much easier if you have a spare hard disk).
I don't remember which way I used to set it up on my Laptop.

As for my configuration size .... I just dumped some info below, it should
answer all your questions.  If not, let me know.

LowellPort:~ # cat /proc/partitions
major minor  #blocks  name     rio rmerge rsect ruse wio wmerge wsect wuse
running use aveq

  58     0    3776512 lvma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  58     1    2834432 lvmb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  58     2    6291456 lvmc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  58     3    1331200 lvmd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  58     4    3760128 lvme 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  58     5    1572864 lvmf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  58     6    1048576 lvmg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   3     0   31253040 hda 71375 156139 1819616 1841490 27361 146065 1406384
2395600 -4 36162940 31417371
   3     1     530113 hda1 4 12 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   3     2    1574370 hda2 9834 30694 324304 236340 5892 11147 136360 541740
0 316350 778080
   3     3    3076447 hda3 4 12 32 40 0 0 0 0 0 40 40
   3     4          1 hda4 4 0 8 50 0 0 0 0 0 50 50
   3     5     441756 hda5 10156 34530 357472 425880 13197 108896 995440
994450 0 288760 1427490
   3     6   25623643 hda6 51352 90796 1137536 1178970 8272 26022 274584
859410 0 748950 2038510
   3    64    4481888 hdb 16 132 296 18060 0 0 0 0 -120 36199670 13558178
LowellPort:~ #
LowellPort:~ # pvscan
pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/hda6" of VG "system" [24.43 GB / 4.77 GB free]
pvscan -- total: 1 [24.44 GB] / in use: 1 [24.44 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0]

LowellPort:~ # lvscan
lvscan -- ACTIVE            "/dev/system/usr" [3.60 GB]
lvscan -- ACTIVE            "/dev/system/opt" [2.70 GB]
lvscan -- ACTIVE            "/dev/system/home" [6 GB]
lvscan -- ACTIVE            "/dev/system/docs" [1.27 GB]
lvscan -- ACTIVE            "/dev/system/downloads" [3.59 GB]
lvscan -- ACTIVE            "/dev/system/music" [1.50 GB]
lvscan -- ACTIVE            "/dev/system/redhat71" [1 GB]
lvscan -- 7 logical volumes with 19.66 GB total in 1 volume group
lvscan -- 7 active logical volumes

LowellPort:~ #


Here is my normal-partiton layout.

/dev/hda2  -  SuSE 8.1 root partition (Primary system)
/dev/hda1  -  SuSE 8.1 (mini-install) used for disaster recovery Normally, I
would just use the boot disk, but I need BRU and ssh installed for
backup/resore.  Or, if I ever revert back to the 'dark-side', I may put
windows here... lol
/dev/hda3  -  Xandros 1.0 Desktop
/dev/system/redhat71 is a partion i was trying to setup to use with UML
(user mode linux), but I never got real far with that...


I may some day switch over to a LVM-based root, but not until SuSE supports
it out of the box. I don't think that it would take that much work to modify
initrd to do a bootstap LVM for root, but it's not worth the effort at this
point.


Hope that answers your questions, let me know.

- Lowell


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Bos [mailto:allabos@freeler.nl]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 5:36 PM
To: SuSE
Subject: Re: [SLE] How to upgrade from 7.3 to 8.1


Op maandag 3 februari 2003 22:49, schreef Alleman, Lowell:
> BTW:  I love LVM!! (I even use it on my Laptop.)  I can expand my ReiserFS
> partitions in seconds by typing just two (fairly) simple commands!!

Hello Lowel,

how did you configure lvm, I mean how many/how big are your logical volume 
groups e.g.
Do you have /boot and / also on lvm?

-- 
Richard Bos
Without a home the journey is endless


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