On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 10:46 -0500, Javier Perez wrote: > Hi > I read the FAQs and old postings but found them somewhat dated, or > maybe I am not getting it yet. > > I want to move my system to a new larger disk and I do not want to > start over from Install. > > So, the solution would be to > 1. Create the partitions in the new disk (boot, /, swap) > 2. Copy the partitions contents to the new disk (except swap, of course) > 3. Mumbo Jumbo grub.conf to the right settings once I upgrade the new > disk from slave up to master. > > My problem is that I put LVM on the old disk in order to take > advantage of easy disk handling, and now I find out the LVM tool kind > of wanting. It will not even see my new disk until I partition and > format it! > > I liked disk druid from the installation in Anaconda, but have not > been able to call it up (Is it possible?). > > Likewise, I keep /home and /var in different partitions because I do > not want to lose them if form some reason I have to reinstall linux > (this is my home machine, no big deal). > > Could somebody point me out to a good guide? And, no, the LVM Howto is > not it. I get a little more confused each time I read it. What's your current setup? # vgdisplay -v # fdisk -l # cat /etc/fstab What would you like it to be? Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
