[clue-tech] Re: Upgrading HDDs in an LVM configuration? -- SOLVED

[David L. Anselmi]

William wrote:
[...]
> Understood.  I upgraded two machines last night and one crashed pretty 
> hard -- but it was my own fault.  Not understanding Red Hat's choice in 
> naming the LVM segments, I inadvertently added 200G to the swap LVM. 
> Turns out it's impossible to then remove that segment from swap because 
> it's *always* in use.

If you mean swap is always in use, look at swapoff.  If you mean LVM, if 
you boot to single user mode or from a rescue CD, it won't be.  (Wonder 
if the latest Knoppix supports LVM2 yet.)

> LVM is cool, but it isn't at all intuitive.  I hope future versions
> will have a more streamlined interface

EVMS intends to be that.  Not sure it's quite ready for the masses yet.

Dave
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