On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 10:33 +0200, Frank Büttner wrote:
John R Pierce schrieb:
assuming this logical volume containss extfs, dump(8) it on one, restore(8) it on the other. this can be combined with a pipe, like.... # dump 0 -f - /dev/volgroup/logvol | (cd /dest; restore -rf - )
(this assumes the new logical volume has been created, has a virgin filesystem fresh from mkfs, and is mounted)
This will be possible. Exist there no way to do this without moving the data?
I think there is not enough information. Your first post seemed to indicate a data move. Now it seem to indicate ... merge of 2? Rename of one? Reassignment of PV to a new group?
I usuallt don't reply when a query shows lack of forethought as to needs of folks to be able to help. But, it's Sunday.
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