Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 09:05:01 -0600, Jc García wrote: > >>> Another related LVM question. I have some partitions on LVM. If I >>> moved the drives to another system, would the new LVMs be found on the >>> new system or is there some magic involved to find and get them >>> mounted? Example. My /home is on its own LVM partition. If I moved >>> the drive that has that on it, would the new system see it or would I >>> have to do something to make it see it? I suspect and wouldn't want >>> it to mount automatically. I'd just want to be able to see it and >>> mount it if needed. Sort of a question I have always wondered about. > >> On my experience as long, as udev and lvm are running on the receiving >> system, they should be found and placed for access under /dev, not >> mounted automatically. > > Unless there is already a VG on the other system with the same name. LVM > doesn't handle VG name clashes, yet some distros still give them generic > names. > >
This is good to know. It seems this would work like I was thinking. If this rig were to die or something, I could unplug the drive with /home from this system, hook up to my spare rig and go from there. I may have to mount it manually at first but hey, at least the data is still there. Neato. Thanks. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
