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Re: LVM2 and pvcreate



On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 10:54:15AM +0200, Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
> Just to verify before I start digging deeper....
> 
> Will pvcreate destroy the filesystem?

Yes.

> If yes, is there a way to convert an existing device/filesystem
> to a LVM system (i.e. without loosing data)?

Plug in another hard disk to stash the data on while you do the
conversion. I'm not aware of any way of doing it "in situ". Even if
I'm wrong on that, the spare-disk method is bound to be safer.

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