From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j9E6WiV02058 for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:32:44 -0400 Received: from smtpout05-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpout05-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.221]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j9E6WZqw010627 for ; Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:32:35 -0400 Message-ID: <434F5079.5060303@starnetworks.us> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 01:30:17 -0500 From: "Kevin P. Fleming" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] removing LVM remotely References: <434DDB83.9080300@homemachine.net> In-Reply-To: <434DDB83.9080300@homemachine.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development Tom wrote: > I have had a server set up with centos4 and the person who installed > didn't follow my instructions, I wanted the partitioning set up without > LVM and he used LVM, is there any way I can remove it and setup with > normal partitoning remotely? (the server is in another country) i.e. > /dev/hda1 hda2 hda3 etc. If the root filesystem is on an LV, then removing all traces of LVM will be non-trivial, even if you have access to the system. Remotely it will be quite difficult, and will require someone rebooting the machine using a live CD of some sort that you can use to manipulate the system. You will also need adequate spare disk space to move things around without losing them.