Re: Which filesystem for LVM?

2003-02-26 Thread toby
s for all the help. I did some tests with LVM and ext3 and it works > very well on my systems. > > Any known performance issues by the LVM overhead ? >From what I remember, snapshots may induce some issues. The folks on the linux-lvm list at sistina.com are very helpful. You could a

Re: Which filesystem for LVM?

2003-02-26 Thread Peter Boy
Am Son, 2003-02-23 um 01.10 schrieb toby: > With ext3 you can go up or down in size. Xfs can only increase, I believe. Xfs > does play well with other stuff though such as acl, attrib, quotas over nfs and > seems faster. [..] Thanks for all the help. I did some tests with LVM and ex

Re: Which filesystem for LVM?

2003-02-22 Thread toby
Peter Boy wrote: > > I have to reinstall my system and consider to choose LVM for all HD > space besides /boot. I would like to be able to resize the space (and > filesystems) for the several logical partitions. Which filesystem I > should use to be able to do so? (the RH d

Re: Which filesystem for LVM?

2003-02-22 Thread Jesse Keating
On Saturday 22 February 2003 15:51, Peter Boy uttered: > I have to reinstall my system and consider to choose LVM for all HD > space besides /boot. I would like to be able to resize the space (and > filesystems) for the several logical partitions. Which filesystem I > should use to b

Which filesystem for LVM?

2003-02-22 Thread Peter Boy
I have to reinstall my system and consider to choose LVM for all HD space besides /boot. I would like to be able to resize the space (and filesystems) for the several logical partitions. Which filesystem I should use to be able to do so? (the RH docu is not very detailed regarding LVM) Thanks

Re: LVM problems at boot

2003-02-07 Thread Jesse Keating
On Friday 07 February 2003 10:55, Tom Georgoulias wrote: > I see the exact same thing, except on a 7.3 system. When I'm running > kernels 2.4.18-18 & 2.4.18-24, the default rc.sysinit works. When I use > 2.4.18-19, it doesn't. 2.4.18-19 never loads lvm-mod on it's ow

Re: LVM problems at boot

2003-02-07 Thread Tom Georgoulias
Michael Robbert wrote: I've recently setup LVM on a couple of standard Red Hat boxes and in both cases they will not boot once the LVM partition is in /etc/fstab, unless I edit /etc/rc.sysinit. I see the exact same thing, except on a 7.3 system. When I'm running kernels 2.4.18-18 &

Re: LVM problems at boot

2003-02-07 Thread Jesse Keating
On Friday 07 February 2003 08:44, Michael Robbert wrote: > Why isn't /proc/lvm present at this point or why is Red Hat needing it > to be there? When I take that out the boot happens fine and LVM works > properly. In both instances I have setup the LVM after the install not > duri

LVM problems at boot

2003-02-07 Thread Michael Robbert
I've recently setup LVM on a couple of standard Red Hat boxes and in both cases they will not boot once the LVM partition is in /etc/fstab, unless I edit /etc/rc.sysinit. I have found through experimentation that I need to make the following changes in order for the boot to complete. 310c310

Re: kickstart +lvm

2003-02-01 Thread Jesse Keating
On Saturday 01 February 2003 10:29, Jesse Keating uttered: > Basically ks dies with a python traceback ending in something like "Unable > to create vg lvm" > > Has anybody been able to successfuly create LVM groups like this in a > kickstart install? I'd like to know

kickstart +lvm

2003-02-01 Thread Jesse Keating
I'm seeing a weird issue where kickstart will die if I try to create some LVM volumes to install do. Here is the relevant part of my ksconfig: clearpart --all --initlabel part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 100 --ondisk sda part / --fstype ext3 --size 1500 --ondisk sda --grow part swap --siz

LVM Boot issues

2003-01-30 Thread Jesse Keating
I'm having some very strange boot issues w/ an LVM system. I have 2 nearly identical systems. Dual Xeon, 3ware 8 port controller, 8 200gig IDE drives connected to it, raid 5, and one 40gig IDE drive connected to the standard IDE bus. On the single 40gig drive, there is a /boot partitio

Re: Raid + LVM + Boot

2003-01-30 Thread Jesse Keating
On Thursday 30 January 2003 11:14, Javier Gostling wrote: > The system I'm using right now has such a setup. /boot is /dev/hda1, > swap is /dev/hda2 and the rest (/, /home, /usr, /usr/local, etc.) are on > logical volumes. i even left some spare space to add to any partition > which requires the ex

Re: Raid + LVM + Boot

2003-01-30 Thread Javier Gostling
On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 15:22, Jesse Keating wrote: > I've got an LVM question... > > I've been told it's possible, but I'm kinda looking for real world examples. > > I want to have a straight IDE drive, only thing that would be on it is /boot. > There wil

Raid + LVM + Boot

2003-01-30 Thread Jesse Keating
I've got an LVM question... I've been told it's possible, but I'm kinda looking for real world examples. I want to have a straight IDE drive, only thing that would be on it is /boot. There will be a 3-ware IDE raid controller, and LVM volume groups on top of the raid

RE: LVM and initrd

2002-12-03 Thread Pierre Lamb
It is in rc.sysinit search for LVM  the appears to be a error in the script it looks for /proc/lvm but proc/lvm doesn't exist untile you run vgchange -a y so I fixed that problem also I removed vgscan since It will over write the exisiting dat is run again which i have heard can case pro

RE: LVM and initrd

2002-12-03 Thread LENHOF Jean-Yves
> --- Message d'origine --- > > From : Keith Morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date : Fri, 29 Nov 2002 01:12:11 -0800 (PST) > >>Finally got a disk array and was playing with LVM. One issue cropped up >and I haven't found an answer yet on Google and/o

Re: LVM and initrd

2002-11-29 Thread Keith Morse
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, toby wrote: > Markku Kolkka wrote: > > > > Viestissä Perjantai 29. Marraskuuta 2002 11:12, Keith Morse kirjoitti: > > > I'm having a dickens of a time trying to figure > > > out where LVM gets initialized at in the startup

Re: LVM and initrd

2002-11-29 Thread toby
Markku Kolkka wrote: > > Viestissä Perjantai 29. Marraskuuta 2002 11:12, Keith Morse kirjoitti: > > I'm having a dickens of a time trying to figure > > out where LVM gets initialized at in the startup scripts. > > /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: > > # LVM initializat

Re: LVM and initrd

2002-11-29 Thread Markku Kolkka
Viestissä Perjantai 29. Marraskuuta 2002 11:12, Keith Morse kirjoitti: > I'm having a dickens of a time trying to figure > out where LVM gets initialized at in the startup scripts. /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: # LVM initialization if [ -e /proc/lvm -a -x /sbin/vgchange -a -f /etc/lvm

LVM and initrd

2002-11-29 Thread Keith Morse
Finally got a disk array and was playing with LVM. One issue cropped up and I haven't found an answer yet on Google and/or the list archives. After creating the logical volume and putting an entry into /etc/fstab, the system complains on reboot that it can't check the filesystem as

LVM

2002-11-20 Thread Pierre Lamb
Has anyone used EVMS how does it compare to LVM or LVM2. Like to hear pros and cons on either.   PierreDo you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site

RE: LVM & quota problem

2002-11-15 Thread Marko Asplund
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, LENHOF Jean-Yves wrote: > ... > After mounting file system with quota enabled > > touch /home/quota.user > touch /home/quota.group > should help you after creating the quota files (aquota.{user|group}) the quotacheck command didn't give the 'Cannot get quotafile name' me

RE: RE: LVM & quota problem

2002-11-14 Thread LENHOF Jean-Yves
>> >>on a Red Hat 7.3 system & non-LVM filesystem which doesn't have a >>quotafile, the command creates the quotafile. when i run the same command >>on a Psyche system & LVM filesystem i get the following message: >> quotacheck: Cannot get quotafile name

RE: LVM & quota problem

2002-11-14 Thread LENHOF Jean-Yves
> --- Message d'origine --- > > From : Marko Asplund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date : Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:11:54 +0200 (EET) > > >are filesystem quotas supposed to work with LVM on Psyche? when i run > /sbin/quotachec

LVM & quota problem

2002-11-12 Thread Marko Asplund
are filesystem quotas supposed to work with LVM on Psyche? when i run /sbin/quotacheck -v -F vfsv0 /home on a Red Hat 7.3 system & non-LVM filesystem which doesn't have a quotafile, the command creates the quotafile. when i run the same command on a Psyche system & LVM fil

LVM

2002-11-11 Thread Pierre Lamb
I have been experimenting with LVM. Made a logical volumes of var and home no problems but when I did one for /tmp the gui will crash I find that I can not start xfs as long as I have /tmp setup as a logicsal volume no matter what size. Why is that. Pierre

Re: LVM GUI

2002-11-11 Thread Anthony J Placilla
On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 16:36, Pierre Lamb wrote: > Are there any gui frontends to LVM I found a few but appear to be old. > Webmin has a fairly nice frontend for it. I've played with it and have found it fairly intuitive & robust -- Tony Placilla [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keeper o

LVM GUI

2002-11-08 Thread Pierre Lamb
Are there any gui frontends to LVM I found a few but appear to be old.Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive medley & videos from Greatest Hits CD

lvm question

2002-11-08 Thread Pierre Lamb
I have mad a lv for var and moved the files to it lvm works havn't had any problems, but when I try to make /tmp into a lv and reboot X(gui) fails. It shouldn't just bacuse I made it a lv should it __ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH -

Re: LVM

2002-11-07 Thread Pierre Lamb
I was thinking that because /proc/lvn doesn't exisit until yuou do vgchange -a y Pierre  Bradley Tate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Looked like a bug to me so I just removed the /proc/lvm test from the line and it works fine.Bradley.Pierre Lamb wrote:> Trying to get LVM to work. lvm-m

Re: LVM

2002-11-07 Thread Bradley Tate
Looked like a bug to me so I just removed the /proc/lvm test from the line and it works fine. Bradley. Pierre Lamb wrote: Trying to get LVM to work. lvm-mod gets leoade ok but there isn't anything in /proc until I do a vgchange -ay then it shows up and Icannount the fs. The rc.sysinit

LVM

2002-11-06 Thread Pierre Lamb
Trying to get LVM to work. lvm-mod gets leoade ok but there isn't anything in /proc until I do a vgchange -ay then it shows up and Icannount the fs. The rc.sysinit looks for /proc/lvm then it supposed to do a vgchange but can't because /proc/lvm dosen't exist. What is wrong ??

Re: configure LVM after installation?

2002-10-25 Thread LENHOF Jean-Yves
had opted for the default ext3 filesystem during install and made the > appropriate partitions. > > A few days later I realized that the hard disk space (50GB) would run > out within a few months. I now want to use LVM , so that new hard disks > can be plugged in with little effort , at

Re: configure LVM after installation?

2002-10-25 Thread Markku Kolkka
Viestissä Perjantai 25. Lokakuuta 2002 07:20, S Mathur kirjoitti: > My question: Can I convert the existing ext3 setup into an LVM managed > system without going through the complete installation process again? It's possible (but reinstall may be easier). Read section 11.8 of the LVM

configure LVM after installation?

2002-10-25 Thread S Mathur
few months. I now want to use LVM , so that new hard disks can be plugged in with little effort , at a later date. My question: Can I convert the existing ext3 setup into an LVM managed system without going through the complete installation process again? Thanks Mathur

Re: LVM resize question (howto?)

2002-10-12 Thread Miloslav Trmac
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 08:29:15PM +0200, Robert Claeson wrote: > Uhm, okay. I'll use that. I think I should read the docs better, > shouldn't I? The source, actually ;-) Mirek

Re: LVM resize question (howto?)

2002-10-12 Thread Robert Claeson
lör 2002-10-12 klockan 19.40 skrev Miloslav Trmac: > On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 05:52:11PM +0200, Robert Claeson wrote: > > I didn't know that. Thank's for the update. However, being able to > > create file systems as JFS during install would be highly desirable. > Start your install with 'linux jfs',

Re: LVM resize question (howto?)

2002-10-12 Thread Miloslav Trmac
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 05:52:11PM +0200, Robert Claeson wrote: > I didn't know that. Thank's for the update. However, being able to > create file systems as JFS during install would be highly desirable. Start your install with 'linux jfs', but this makes your system completely unsupported by Red H

Re: LVM resize question (howto?)

2002-10-12 Thread Robert Claeson
lör 2002-10-12 klockan 17.06 skrev Miloslav Trmac: > On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 09:50:49AM +0200, Robert Claeson wrote: > > build your own kernel to use it until Red Hat decides to put it into > > their kernel (and when they do, I really wouldn't mind having JFS in > > there, too). > JFS is in the RHL

Re: LVM resize question (howto?)

2002-10-12 Thread Miloslav Trmac
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 09:50:49AM +0200, Robert Claeson wrote: > build your own kernel to use it until Red Hat decides to put it into > their kernel (and when they do, I really wouldn't mind having JFS in > there, too). JFS is in the RHL 8.0 kernel, actually. Mirek

Re: LVM resize question (howto?)

2002-10-12 Thread Robert Claeson
tor 2002-10-10 klockan 17.48 skrev Patrick: > I few weeks ago at IBM I got a little demo of (something similar to) LVM > on their latest AIX and it was quite impressive. So I installed RH8 with > LVM. Now I am trying to make /home and / bigger (see below for an > overview) but I am