From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3E673D81.7962C1AE@tid.es> From: Miguel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gonz=E1lez=20Casta=F1os?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM and transferring filesystem References: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Mar 6 06:24:02 2003 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-lvm@sistina.com Hello, Many thanks for your promptly answer. It works perfectly. I didnt know very much about the rsync command, i thought that It was only used to synchronize files between hosts. I also would like to know which is the best approach now, should i delete the original directories? any change in the LVMed partitions will not be reflected in the original ROOTed directory but If I delete them, I wont be able to boot without LVM (in the case I would need it and my LVMed partitions got corrupted). Many thanks in advance Miguel William Blunn ha escrito: > > I am installing a redhat 7.3 linux box with X-Window. > > > > I have installed LVM splitting the system with the following scheme: > > > > /boot and / are installed each in different non-LVM partitions. > > Smart move. > > > LVM volumes: > > > > /usr , /var/ , /tmp > > > > I have noticed that when I mount the filesystem using the LVM volumes > > my X-Windows server doesnt work, but when I deactivate the LVM volumes > > using the original configuration stored in the original / partition > > (which still have the original /var, /tmp, /usr partitions) then > > X-Window works perfectly. > > > > Then I assume that I havent transferred the filesystem well. > > > > I use from / the following command from the LVM howtos: > > > > tar cplf - -C var .|tar xvlf - -C /mnt/var > > > > and the same thing for the rest of partitions. > > > > Any suggestion? > > Permissions on /tmp ? > > Should be 1777 (drwxrwxrwt). > > To copy filesystems, I use: > > rsync -avxSHW --delete /var/ /mnt/var > > This has the added benefit that you can copy most data over whilst the system is up and running. > > Then you can take it down to single user, do the rsync again, and only the changed data will need to be copied. > > This minimises the time the system is in single user (which is good if you are working on a server). > > Bill > -- > William H. Blunn - - Developer Support > Tao > 62/63 Suttons Business Park, Earley, READING, RG6 1AZ, United Kingdom > Tel: +44 118 901 2999 - Fax: +44 118 901 2963 - http://tao-group.com/ > > The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may > be legally privileged. If you have received this e-mail and you are not > a named addressee, please inform us as soon as possible on > +44 118 901 2999 and then delete the e-mail from your system. If you are > not a named addressee you must not copy, use, disclose, distribute, > print or rely on this e-mail. Any views expressed in this e-mail or any > attachments may not necessarily reflect those of Tao's management. > Although we routinely screen for viruses, addressees should scan this > e-mail and any attachments for viruses. Tao makes no representation or > warranty as to the absence of viruses in this e-mail or any attachments. > Please note that for the protection of our business, we may monitor and > read e-mails sent to and from our server(s). > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/