Kai Schaetzl wrote: > I have some problems with copying LV volumes and determining correct size. > For instance, if I want to copy an LV from one machine to another. I dd > the LV to a file on the other machine, then dd the file to the new LV. > That fails, because a few MB are missing. > I'd probably use dump ... | restore ... to copy it, assuming its an e2fs/e3fs on that logical volume. then the volume sizes are immaterial.