From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D467C138010 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:27:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E7275E056C; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:27:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out4.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out4.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.220]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C01E04F2 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:25:26 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EAJ8SO1B8qa3d/2dsb2JhbABFhgO0boEHgiABAQUjZgsNCwICJgICV4glp3eSLASBIY1cggqBEgOITZJkIooXgnA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.80,318,1344182400"; d="scan'208";a="27801917" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([124.169.173.221]) by icp-osb-irony-out4.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 27 Aug 2012 14:25:04 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DF4F2241C4 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:25:04 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at lan.localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.lan.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id amuYuJvt8Cdg for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:25:01 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.48.1] (troll [192.168.48.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 917E4222F69 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:25:01 +0800 (WST) Message-ID: <1346048701.5415.49.camel@troll> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] GUI for LVM? From: Bill Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:25:01 +0800 In-Reply-To: <503B0A46.1090902@gmail.com> References: <1346034749.5415.18.camel@troll> <503B0A46.1090902@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Archives-Salt: 9edb0d0a-2db2-4a9c-a2a4-9981ab9846fa X-Archives-Hash: 95984a4372102affdce267795589afc3 On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 00:48 -0500, Dale wrote: > Bill Kenworthy wrote: > > Is there a GUI in portage for managing an LV? Fedora etc have > > system-config-lvm but I cant find anything for gentoo. > > > > (the commandline tools are good, but this is something where I want a > > visual check before in case I am assuming something thats wrong). > > > > BillK > > > > > > Well, webmin is back in portage. There is also a new program called > kvpm that is in a overlay, kde overlay I think. No further info on that > since I don't have it installed. I just installed webmin and it is > there so that may help you. > > If you go the webmin route, just emerge it, start the service, point > your browser to https://localhost:10000/ and look under the Hardware > link on the left. I can NOT say how stable this is or how well it > works. I just installed it again myself. I seem to recall it was not > maintained or something and got axed from portage. No idea when it came > back or anything. Just be careful until you can test it. > > Maybe someone will pop up with another GUI too. Oh, it would be a good > idea to at least know the basics of the command line tools. What if one > day your LVM fails and you don't have a GUI? Just a thought. ;-) > > Hope that helps. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > Thanks Dale ... surprised WebMin is back as its security history was so dismal. I have been using LVM on linux almost all my systems for years and LV on older unix's before that - but I find the text tools can be confusing and its too easy to make mistakes. The visual tools give a much clearer picture so mistakes are (hopefully) less likely. From what I can see, the GUI's are built on top of the cmdline tools anyway. The pvmove is almost finished (nice it can be done online!) so two older smaller disks can be removed, then the 2T drive moved to a new system then I can start adding some other little bitty drives Ive been given back into the LV (well, not the 60G :) Dont you just love "Your systems are too old and unsupported so they must be replaced (no, you cant keep that 2007 Sony Vaio, or that core2 duo as its over 3 years old). Under the rules you can have a laptop, but not a desktop however we have some old drives and 2 year old quad core zeon laying around you can use. And you can use your old drives if you want. "Use gentoo do you? - your on your own ..." I am sure there is logic in there somewhere ... at least I am getting a new macbook air out of it, as well as a ....load of extra work to do moving things around :) BillK