[mythtv-users] Re: /video XFS need new HD

[jacko]

On 8/8/05, jacko <emailgeek at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/7/05, jacko <emailgeek at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have come to a point where I am running out of space on my /dev/hda
> > due to the amount of video I have recorded (only 80 gigs).  I would
> > like to add a new 160g HD to my system but lack the know how to add a
> > disk to an XFS partition in FC2.  I found a good tutorial for FC3 off
> > of Jarod's site.  Should this be the same FC2?  If so, can someone
> > explain what VolGroup00 is when using vgextend?
> >
> > http://svn.wilsonet.com/projects/mythtvology/ticket/87
> >
> > Thanks in advance...
> >
> 
> My partition setup is as follows just as Jarod suggested:
> 
> Partition       Mount Point     Size                 Format
> /dev/hda1       /boot             50-100MB            ext3
> /dev/hda2       swap             512MB                swap
> /dev/hda3       /                   8-12GB               ext3
> /dev/hda5       /video           Everything else      xfs
> 
> So would add a volume group for hda5 and then extend it?  Sorry,
> totally confused after reading last link and where it talks about
> using ext3.
> 

tried to do a 'vgcreate mythvideo /dev/hda5' and I get the following error:

  No physical volume label read from /dev/hda5
  /dev/hda5 not identified as an existing physical volume
  Unable to add physical volume '/dev/hda5' to volume group 'mythvideo'.