Re: Migrating from ext3 to lvm partition type

[Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il>]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 09:40:32AM -0300, Hashimoto wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> Is there any way to migrate from ext3 to lvm partition type without loss
> data ?
> 
> I know that after create a LV, is necessary format the fs. So if you
> have any idea just let me know please.

There was a program called convertfs to do similar conversions using
sparse files:

  http://tzukanov.narod.ru/convertfs/

I have no idea how well it works, if at all. And I'm also not sure that
a LVM PV has something similar to sparse files.

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