Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On Saturday, November 13, 2010 08:59:48 pm Dean S. Messing wrote: > Regarding your disk speed tests with hdparm, > you may want to look at the "--direct" switch. Oh, I like those numbers: [r...@migration ~]# hdparm -t --direct /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdb3: Timing O_DIRECT disk reads: 2054 MB in 3.02 se

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

Lamar Owen wrote: > Regarding your disk speed tests with hdparm, you may want to look at the "--direct" switch. Dean -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedo

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

Lamar Owen wrote: > On Saturday, November 13, 2010 01:08:12 pm Michael Miles wrote: > >> Lamar Owen wrote: >> >>> [r...@migration ~]# ./seeker /dev/sdb3 >>> Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15, >>> http://www.linuxinsight.com/how_fast_is_your_disk.html >>> Benchmarking /dev/sdb3 [7012MB], wait 30 >

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On Saturday, November 13, 2010 01:08:12 pm Michael Miles wrote: > Lamar Owen wrote: > > [r...@migration ~]# ./seeker /dev/sdb3 > > Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15, > > http://www.linuxinsight.com/how_fast_is_your_disk.html > > Benchmarking /dev/sdb3 [7012MB], wait 30 > > seconds..

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

Lamar Owen wrote: > On Friday, November 12, 2010 07:12:23 pm Peter Larsen wrote: > >> So create a partition, test it without lvm. Then add it as a pv, and do >> the same test on the lvm on the same implementation. >> > Ok, the first set of two results are in. And I am surprised by one da

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On Friday, November 12, 2010 07:12:23 pm Peter Larsen wrote: > So create a partition, test it without lvm. Then add it as a pv, and do > the same test on the lvm on the same implementation. Ok, the first set of two results are in. And I am surprised by one data point in one of them. Surprised e

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On Friday, November 12, 2010 07:12:23 pm Peter Larsen wrote: > So create a partition, test it without lvm. Then add it as a pv, and do > the same test on the lvm on the same implementation. I'm running a benchmark now, using two 48GB partitions on a 100+GB drive; one LVM+ext3, one straight ext3.

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 15:57 -0800, Michael Miles wrote: > Peter Larsen wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 10:34 -0800, Michael Miles wrote: > > > I was running bench mark software (Seeker) which showed the huge > difference from benching the boot (187 seeks/second) to the lvm on the > same dis

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

Lamar Owen wrote: > On Friday, November 12, 2010 01:34:09 pm Michael Miles wrote: > >> Agreed, I am just really surprised that Fedora would adopt this method >> of storage as it slows down the drive by a huge margin. >> That reason alone would say to me' No, don't want this" >> > I'm curi

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

Peter Larsen wrote: > On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 10:34 -0800, Michael Miles wrote: > >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >>> On 12/11/10 1:13 PM, Michael Miles wrote: >>> Considering that the LVM is a ext4 Virtual partition it seems to me that it would be easy to convert but the

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, Michael Miles wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion but I somehow think it will be cheaper and much > faster to just purchase a new drive. > I can just imagine how long it would take my shaw connection to upload 500 > gig... > > Besides it's mostly downloaded movies and music i

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 16:34 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On 12/11/10 2:04 PM, Michael Miles wrote: > > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> On 12/11/10 1:13 PM, Michael Miles wrote: > >>> Considering that the LVM is a ext4 Virtual partition it seems to me > >>> that it would be easy to convert b

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 10:34 -0800, Michael Miles wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On 12/11/10 1:13 PM, Michael Miles wrote: > >> Considering that the LVM is a ext4 Virtual partition it seems to me > >> that it would be easy to convert but there is no such beast out there > >> Lots of stuff

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On 12/11/10 2:04 PM, Michael Miles wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On 12/11/10 1:13 PM, Michael Miles wrote: >>> Considering that the LVM is a ext4 Virtual partition it seems to me >>> that it would be easy to convert but there is no such beast out there >>> Lots of stuff for converting ext

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On Friday, November 12, 2010 01:34:09 pm Michael Miles wrote: > Agreed, I am just really surprised that Fedora would adopt this method > of storage as it slows down the drive by a huge margin. > That reason alone would say to me' No, don't want this" I'm curious as to what sort of performance iss

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On 12/11/10 1:13 PM, Michael Miles wrote: >> Considering that the LVM is a ext4 Virtual partition it seems to me >> that it would be easy to convert but there is no such beast out there >> Lots of stuff for converting ext3 to ext4 but nothing for what I need. > > This

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

JB wrote: > Michael Miles gmail.com> writes: > > >> ... >> Thank God the price of 1 TB drives have come down a lot in the 6 months >> since I last looked as I will have to purchase one to back up the 500 >> gig that I have on the LVM >> > I do not know if this is acceptable to you, but

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On 12/11/10 1:13 PM, Michael Miles wrote: > Considering that the LVM is a ext4 Virtual partition it seems to me > that it would be easy to convert but there is no such beast out there > Lots of stuff for converting ext3 to ext4 but nothing for what I need. This is pure speculation on my part, but

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

Michael Miles gmail.com> writes: > ... > Thank God the price of 1 TB drives have come down a lot in the 6 months > since I last looked as I will have to purchase one to back up the 500 > gig that I have on the LVM I do not know if this is acceptable to you, but there are web online backup serv

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On 12/11/10 12:50 AM, JB wrote: > >> Patrick O'Callaghan gmail.com> writes: >> >> >>> ... >>> AFAIK this can't be done other than the obvious way: backup, reformat, >>> restore. >>> >> That's what I meant. >> > Given that the OP's message as

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On 12/11/10 12:50 AM, JB wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan gmail.com> writes: > >> ... >> AFAIK this can't be done other than the obvious way: backup, reformat, >> restore. > That's what I meant. Given that the OP's message asks about converting directly from LVM to ext4, and your reply says "Someo

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

Patrick O'Callaghan gmail.com> writes: > ... > AFAIK this can't be done other than the obvious way: backup, reformat, > restore. That's what I meant. Have you read that article or only scanned the title of it ? JB -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:12 PM, JB > wrote: Michael Miles gmail.com > writes: > ... Someone has done something similar (as a general method). http://jasondclinton.livejournal.com/72513.html The articl

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:12 PM, JB wrote: > Michael Miles gmail.com> writes: > > > ... > Someone has done something similar (as a general method). > http://jasondclinton.livejournal.com/72513.html The article is about resizing an ext4 filesystem on an LVM partition. The OP is asking how to co

Re: Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

Michael Miles gmail.com> writes: > ... Someone has done something similar (as a general method). http://jasondclinton.livejournal.com/72513.html JB -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinf

Convert ext4 lvm to normal ext4 partition

Hello I am running Fedora 12 x86-64 and it is about to go eol so I must upgrade this time around. I have a 1 tb sata 200 meg ext4 boot /dev/sda1 910 gb ext4 lvm home partition /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root The last time I looked gparted will not handle lvm ext4 Question is is there a way of con