[mythtv-users] OT: Best way to migrate to new hard drive?

[Steve Frank]

My concern here is that the definition of the LVM group is done in what
I'm copying from the non-LVM root filesystems.  I'm guessing the
references might not be quite right?
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Kuphal
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 10:09 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Best way to migrate to new hard drive?
> 
> Steve Frank wrote:
> 
> >What's the best way to move my MythTV box from a dying hard 
> drive to a 
> >new one?
> >
> >Before you answer, understand I'm using LVM in this case for my 
> >recordings partition (everything else is currently ext3 on plain 
> >partitions).
> >
> >Symantec Ghost is an option up until LVM enters the picture. I've 
> >looked at Mondo Rescue (http://www.mondorescue.org/index.html),  
> >PartImage (http://www.partimage.org/), and g4u 
> (http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/).
> >
> >Mondo Rescue comes close because it supports LVM, but not in a 
> >disc-to-disc fashion.  It's more geared up for doing a 
> rescue CD or up 
> >to the network.  G4u doesn't care about the filesystem, but 
> it's mostly 
> >for moving from the same geometry, rather than resize, and in this 
> >process I'm putting in a larger drive. Partimage doesn't seem to 
> >mention much about LVM, so I'm a little confused there.
> >
> >I may just remove the LVM partition entirely and recreate it.
> >
> >I'm not a LVM guru. Fedora Core set it up nicely, and it 
> allowed me to 
> >span to a second drive to get a really big store for Myth.  
> I was able 
> >to get that drive removed after archiving off some old recordings so 
> >this process could be simplified down to one drive.
> >
> >I'm guessing some of you gurus in MythTV-users have done 
> this sort of 
> >thing before?
> >  
> >
> It may seem simplistic, but can't you create a new LVM volume 
> on the new disk and just copy the data from one to the other 
> and then remove the old disk.  Once done, you can mount the 
> new LVM volume in place of your old one and everything should 
> be fine.  Or am I missing something?
> 
> Kevin
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