How do I switch LVM disks?
Neal Becker
ndbecker2 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 16 00:30:28 UTC 2006
I got a new disk, and created LVMs on it. I copied the filesystems OK.
But, how do I get the new disk mounted as /? For that matter, what
determines what LVM gets mounted where? I'm guessing it's part of the LVM
information. I noticed that system-config-lvm has options to select where
logical partitions get mounted.
I hope I don't need to switch it by editing with system-config-lvm - because
if I mess that up, I'm basically screwed.
I tried editing grub.conf:
title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.1948_FC5)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1948_FC5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.15-1.1948_FC5.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.1948_FC5)#2
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1948_FC5 ro root=/dev/7200rpm/LogVol02 rhgb
quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.15-1.1948_FC5.img
But if I select #2 it panics saying it can't find /dev/root, (or something
like that).
Here's some info:
lvm> lvscan
ACTIVE '/dev/7200rpm/LogVol03' [2.00 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/7200rpm/LogVol02' [53.50 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00' [53.59 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01' [1.94 GB] inherit
lvm> pvscan
PV /dev/hdb4 VG 7200rpm lvm2 [55.50 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/hda5 VG VolGroup00 lvm2 [55.56 GB / 32.00 MB free]
PV /dev/hdb3 lvm2 [196.11 MB]
Total: 3 [111.26 GB] / in use: 2 [111.07 GB] / in no VG: 1 [196.11 MB]
lvm> vgscan
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
Found volume group "7200rpm" using metadata type lvm2
Found volume group "VolGroup00" using metadata type lvm2
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