Re: [gentoo-user] using lvm without a partition of type linux LVM

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

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Mick wrote:
> On Sunday 13 Oct 2013 00:07:56 Thanasis wrote:
>> on 10/12/2013 05:40 PM gottlieb@nyu.edu wrote the following:
>>> copy the lvm partitions to directories on an external disk (ext3)
>>
>> What command did you use for copying?
>
> You can use rsync, scp or (s)tar.
>
> Personally I prefer star with the copy option.
>
> Word of warning:  check that the attributes and mod times are as you want
> them, especially with rsync which with the -a parameter preserves the
source
> directory/machine ownership, rather than the expected destination
defaults.

When I do a copy on a setup like this, I just use cp -a.  Add the v if
you want to see what it is doing.  I have used it many times and it
works just fine.  Clean and simple.  If over a network or something tho,
gets complicated pretty quick.

Dale

:-)  :-)

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