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Posted to user@vcl.apache.org by Cameron Seay <cw...@gmail.com> on 2011/01/04 21:01:52 UTC
Linux question
I am trying to capture a hard drive image with Partimage. The only problem
is I installed it to LVM and now Partimage won't recognize it. Can I switch
to ext3 w/o losing the data, or is there a trick to getting Partimage to see
LVM?
Thanks.
Cameron
Re: Linux question
Posted by Josh Thompson <jo...@ncsu.edu>.
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Cameron,
For VCL's purposes - deploying images for short durations, LVM doesn't really
provide any benefit. LVM adds a logical layer between the filesystem and the
physical storage so you can do things like have a single partition span
multiple disks or easily resizing a partition to include more of the physical
disk than it did at creation time. For short durations, these things aren't
particularly useful; so, we've not looked into using any other imaging
software, such as Clonezilla, that would allow imaging of LVM systems.
Josh
On Wednesday January 05, 2011, Cameron Seay wrote:
> To any who are interested, the open source tool "Clonezilla" works with
> LVM2 (not LVM1) very well. It may not be as robust as Partimage, but many
> people are using LVM now, so it is a solution. I'm still not clear on the
> benefits of LVM to be honest.
>
> Cameron
>
> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Josh Thompson <jo...@ncsu.edu>wrote:
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> > Cameron,
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> > partimage cannot handle partitions installed under LVM. You need to
> > install
> > it with ext3 directly.
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > On Tuesday January 04, 2011, Cameron Seay wrote:
> > > I am trying to capture a hard drive image with Partimage. The only
> >
> > problem
> >
> > > is I installed it to LVM and now Partimage won't recognize it. Can I
> > > switch to ext3 w/o losing the data, or is there a trick to getting
> > > Partimage to see LVM?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Cameron
> >
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> > North Carolina State University
> >
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Re: Linux question
Posted by Cameron Seay <cw...@gmail.com>.
To any who are interested, the open source tool "Clonezilla" works with
LVM2 (not LVM1) very well. It may not be as robust as Partimage, but many
people are using LVM now, so it is a solution. I'm still not clear on the
benefits of LVM to be honest.
Cameron
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Josh Thompson <jo...@ncsu.edu>wrote:
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> Cameron,
>
> partimage cannot handle partitions installed under LVM. You need to
> install
> it with ext3 directly.
>
> Josh
>
> On Tuesday January 04, 2011, Cameron Seay wrote:
> > I am trying to capture a hard drive image with Partimage. The only
> problem
> > is I installed it to LVM and now Partimage won't recognize it. Can I
> > switch to ext3 w/o losing the data, or is there a trick to getting
> > Partimage to see LVM?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Cameron
> - --
> - -------------------------------
> Josh Thompson
> VCL Developer
> North Carolina State University
>
> my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu
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Re: Linux question
Posted by Josh Thompson <jo...@ncsu.edu>.
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Cameron,
partimage cannot handle partitions installed under LVM. You need to install
it with ext3 directly.
Josh
On Tuesday January 04, 2011, Cameron Seay wrote:
> I am trying to capture a hard drive image with Partimage. The only problem
> is I installed it to LVM and now Partimage won't recognize it. Can I
> switch to ext3 w/o losing the data, or is there a trick to getting
> Partimage to see LVM?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cameron
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Josh Thompson
VCL Developer
North Carolina State University
my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu
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