From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79BA6158094 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2022 21:08:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B9B9BE0954; Thu, 25 Aug 2022 21:08:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pl1-f169.google.com (mail-pl1-f169.google.com [209.85.214.169]) (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 pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B5FBCE0943 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2022 21:08:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pl1-f169.google.com with SMTP id io24so6273267plb.1 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:08:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc; bh=6Q5VNl/ORJDJ16HH0+5n3UXbsUnu9zwQ7hUe5yFhF28=; b=ghWpgwKQV/giZwm3HZ1J0Y1z2fyzJwmGuSlPmXftAbjQQ4KhPVEazozudUY9sle9Uu W9tAMevx0coeUlWXqzabLMW6m4ZfzmukkzmteJzx1lKQfyp6hFt05zD0B9J2aYv4hYug bGRFXtd2I9bfjYlvvXDHqsQsdDbg19Zk7xXC0i+a4BhoDFQpygC6TgioMEYWICm73APX FZ0Q0U9xyuzpeaDLCP6nK/pHUFeazRMRoZ0b2BNgDfSFWK9mjes+XtrAcepxSHSH3792 wOHyWYS228/hEz/8StUmn6/miV7H2XVnC9Y9sEx8fcGJnNJAi8zzLnX2aSaaRbYsj3cI LZmQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ACgBeo3MivYFANnAAN5G7VDM3trCORBPCfLZHm4bGBKFgFTMA+c7k78C CrqsE2/Yv872c0+Dp78teSTAEfUETDiVvH9rL/8F7LvPUhY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA6agR5Po9U9Nh8Ff6M3Cl4YXmbm6RHsEYzAvFSQNK1z/KmzqG2hweOXigljgYaAN3XcDChIWUR5OS8Jp3geBwMV5no= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:2c06:b0:1fa:e636:105a with SMTP id rv6-20020a17090b2c0600b001fae636105amr984688pjb.169.1661461708306; Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:08:28 -0700 (PDT) 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <57a9895b-9357-17f1-8fb5-d0ede952eefc@gmail.com> <20220819042614.bj5crtjkgszbnshh@grusum.dhaller.de> <289fe32e-2815-c361-ea80-73d8df539417@iinet.net.au> <6f3feff2-eac9-f6ec-4a3c-c511cf469603@gmail.com> <6e3ee99d-46da-4cdf-93ed-838591a50f67@users.sourceforge.net> In-Reply-To: From: Rich Freeman Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:08:17 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: f83ec565-f753-4191-91d4-b24795e2955b X-Archives-Hash: d178ff9c300747c333d1ccfe8e1a8123 On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 2:59 PM Dale wrote: > > While at it, can I move the drives on LVM to another system without > having to copy anything? Just physically move the drives and LVM see > them correctly on the new system? As long as we aren't talking about boot partitions/sectors, the answer is yes. As long as all the drives are attached and accessible by the kernel (necessary drivers/etc present), then LVM will put them together. It doesn't care where it finds them, as all the necessary metadata is stored on the drives and gets scanned. If you're talking about boot partitions/sectors then it isn't a huge problem, but you do need to ensure the bootloader can find the right drives/etc, as it isn't nearly as flexible and may need updates if the drives switch order/etc, at least for legacy bootloaders. -- Rich