On 3/8/25 11:21, Lou Hafer wrote:
Gene,
If hazy memory serves (years since I last did this setup),
something like 'vgchange --activate <vgname>' is what you need next.
Lou
blew all that away, created a myvg of 16.69TiB and managed to create a
stripped 15TiB in that. Seems to work, mounts as /dm-0 and I copied the
/etc tree to it ok then deleted it ok. So I think this problem is
solved, but that leaves amanda using the u-sd for it database storage
and I don't recall how big that was when it was previously on spinning
rust on this machine. The bpi-m5's come with a 16G eMMC chip which I
don't think is actually used but lsblk says:
mmcblk1 179:32 0 14.6G 0 disk
mmcblk1boot0 179:64 0 4M 1 disk
mmcblk1boot1 179:96 0 4M 1 disk
while inspecting it with fdisk shows no signs of the mmvblk1boot thingy's
fdisk /dev/mmcblk1
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.39.3).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Device does not contain a recognized partition table.
Created a new DOS (MBR) disklabel with disk identifier 0x75f202df.
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 14.56 GiB, 15634268160 bytes, 30535680 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x75f202df
Command (m for help): q
but those two boot0 and boot1 4M each thingy's worry me so I'm waiting
for confirmation from armbian that I can blow them away. This diff
between what the chip folks call G and GiB might be hiding something
uboot related. In any event it should be able to hold the amanda
database even if I shoot for 90 to 180 days of data retention. The fact
that it shows up in an lsblk report w/o a partition table fdisk
recognizes is concerning. Has anything like that crossed your radar?
Cheers Lou, Gene Heskett, CET.
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