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Re: converting file system



On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 07:42:57AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 08:23:17PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>  
> > This is a great reason to be using LVM with separate LVs.  Need to
> > convert?  Create a new LV, make the new filesystem, tar the data over to
> > it.  When everything is working, delete the old LV.  If you need extra
> > space during the transition, borrow a drive and add it to the VG.
>  
> What's the benefit of LVM when I add a separate drive?


you can add the drive to the VG and then create more LV's to shuffle
filesystems around to make the conversion possible.

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