From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 903D61580F6 for ; Mon, 19 May 2025 04:49:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gentoo.org (bobolink.gentoo.org [140.211.166.189]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: relay-lists.gentoo.org@gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7C7A03432F9 for ; Mon, 19 May 2025 04:49:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bobolink.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bobolink.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 309CA1104B8; Mon, 19 May 2025 04:47:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-il1-x129.google.com (mail-il1-x129.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::129]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by bobolink.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 263B81103DD for ; Mon, 19 May 2025 04:47:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-il1-x129.google.com with SMTP id e9e14a558f8ab-3d93deba52fso13597165ab.0 for ; Sun, 18 May 2025 21:47:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1747630067; x=1748234867; darn=lists.gentoo.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:user-agent:date:message-id :autocrypt:subject:from:to:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=NR0xoH+2Ox6kXqvfcjU0dHSSX75rH3vHxFoswXAXt4s=; b=k3LoENDhcviUssMlkdritKnVjyFfl54glwPXxG1lNJo2ssvgwJixMH7PuPxmrL/VDP PkQoo9FCVnJQOtwr3d1hnaX1kfoihbECuEGnpXV7DYhIAp6AFAqHSvJQQZEkG6ZXW+Z2 PvPNIm/bhLn7sUcaZ0z6rtTjITbEiGIV5XT30KkwdMnL8ytCfx39XnafS44YILhsi8Vq iGQ4wqXDCeLPbVtzyQ4wdUPlb2CRZGWBYw9iApM63JkhZmb2n1QSMUcdTBcYN4IOH9Jk 9G3bnIsY3UcwyTI5oPpzSYo5y0DyqxH6odUx/rLk9nKYL71aM2In5CCEC+i/kp0OdrRi MpOw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1747630067; x=1748234867; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:user-agent:date:message-id :autocrypt:subject:from:to:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=NR0xoH+2Ox6kXqvfcjU0dHSSX75rH3vHxFoswXAXt4s=; b=X3HodX+VrLqnGWTj0S5nyIjxWpvC8ZWbpKhm7k4vn7/u65nBuXbAi6hne0c8owuOz3 zb8LfqsLfOJNAWewzkJTJrfoZ7ConwSN5SmYBhX3jh6qcyAb3E+2UICtctuc1sGrAOrk aIId00QRSbeEgr9Pg2z0k5Cg2X/uNMNhCee2rFttFQ3r9t027ngHV/VAg115dBxjyNy/ BtSw3RMwA6iAYHMWVY+KFMnOOXNps9jWjyoCpk3JcR9Y587wrPyUTPeqHMZ2p9590OFc X4DItp9CZUMZzFQT6PF3os581KAllcanVv90iMXbssXe7dF7tAquUKwuWj4IQBXD1MDw TInA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yw7tr6DS7FJsG8qrGsUVxhVWDfDNlvP5acHiLvpUXMNbpUz0kbC wF7Yu4Zpg3p3fatAmafxbzkqVkYmcjAKVxjiUnJIYqpe3LiFCQYSj+xv X-Gm-Gg: ASbGnctFsIzKN5mt5b7U/huiVuAAS75IE1QI+5v9jbnzDpzg6iKo4WefxN8nfqgbHcv 8cMdvy9xbUo/u3mN8+3JEgfOpyNt/+LM7xSGD/YVF/6GCXU9l1jlFtWYmvsLqHbKhpKrm3RnpPC HGkvQ2qE7DndopKEqqVIHq7TCWrTiZm+kb22mqeTBtC6Exwh5SkQSLKo2eqSzQ2roCRjNpmE4oG /I3+yZwtw5NPvwMukT/duMPsXFWonAy/AVvJ9dbwfDA6hUP5OY1auEqco/KIirmCAjHiznpzKY0 XzeDyvZIpwyaHJ/nbeQmyjwQXDA4V+HNKkoffUSBUR/6FTiCbw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEf97yxVFEPqlPMuAOIBDpMTEoPJGfz1xoVBaietEelW5LAOj115OUt2XE0iDKNBTPywz4w7A== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6e02:3181:b0:3d8:1d0e:5308 with SMTP id e9e14a558f8ab-3db85737862mr110135975ab.6.1747630067027; Sun, 18 May 2025 21:47:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.8.8.6] ([212.102.44.84]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 8926c6da1cb9f-4fbcc3d2b49sm1552097173.59.2025.05.18.21.47.44 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 18 May 2025 21:47:44 -0700 (PDT) To: gentoo-user From: Dale Subject: [gentoo-user] Removing LVM from disk, or disks, and being like new drives again. 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