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 54F8F1381F3 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:18:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C7623E0D99; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:18:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.49.97]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB7DBE0D30 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:18:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from newlap.localdomain (ool-182de1a5.dyn.optonline.net [24.45.225.165]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.14.3/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r7VEIaNw018466 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:18:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: by newlap.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 270D2A0052; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:18:36 -0400 (EDT) From: gottlieb@nyu.edu To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] where did lvm installation guide go? References: <87r4dcbisz.fsf@nyu.edu> <54189cba-de6b-40d5-8869-6f0e56d8d091@email.android.com> <87vc2n9phj.fsf@nyu.edu> <5220F01F.5090409@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:18:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <5220F01F.5090409@gmail.com> (Alan McKinnon's message of "Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:18:55 +0200") Message-ID: <87bo4ej64j.fsf@nyu.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) 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 Content-Type: text/plain X-Archives-Salt: b293c938-9a9c-4859-9065-080163d1519b X-Archives-Hash: 4709eef1120936cf069deb0b5cc30775 On Fri, Aug 30 2013, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 30/08/2013 17:18, gottlieb@nyu.edu wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 30 2013, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> >>> gottlieb@nyu.edu wrote: >>>> I want to reinstall an old system to have combined root+usr. >>>> >>>> I have always used an lvm installation guide that was a "companion" to >>>> the handbook. That is it would tell you how to augment each handbook >>>> installation chapter for lvm (actually lvm2). >>>> >>>> I can't find this documentation now on gentoo.org. There is a big wiki >>>> page, but that is different as are daniel's 2-volume "learning linux >>>> lvm". >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> allan >>> >>> Allan, >>> >>> Use the raid+LVM guide and skip all the raid steps. >>> >>> -- >>> Joost >> >> Yes, that is what I will be doing; but it is not the same as the "companion" >> and hence less familiar to me. Also the wiki certainly does help. >> I haven't studied the raid+LVM closely yet but a quick look didn't >> reveal how to interrupt the installation, shut off the machine, and >> continue later. > > the only difference is activating your LVs just before you need to mount > them (before doing the chroot): > > vgchange -a y > > everything else stays the same. Instead of mounting /dev/sdxy at > /mnt/gentoo/..., you will mount /dev/mapper/${LV} Thank you alan and joost. I actually remembered -a y or -a -y and a search of the lvm commands yielded vgchange. But your replies definitely increased my confidence allan