[mdlug] seek some suggestions for installing linux

Jonathan Billings billings at negate.org
Tue Nov 20 08:40:58 EST 2012


On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 04:49:35PM -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> If your previous installation is using LVM, then do not reinstall on the
> new drive.  Just connect the new drive, add it as a pv to your vg, do a
> pvmove to the new drive, refresh the boot loaded.  Then disconnect the
> old drive.

Yay!  Someone who doesn't have a knee-jerk reaction to LVM and
actually knows how to use it!  This is a good example of a benefit of
using LVM.

Although I suspect you meant 'boot loader' and not 'boot loaded'.
Although, who knows, maybe it'd help to get your computer drunk first?

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Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>


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