Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 07:39:01 -0700 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: <questions@freebsd.org>, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org>, "Kirk Strauser" <kirk@strauser.com>, "Joan Picanyol" <lists-freebsd-questions@biaix.org>, "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>, "Pietralla, Siegfried P" <siegfried.pietralla@eds.com> Subject: Re: Vinum - A Way to Create Without Losing Data? Message-ID: <003a01c27916$1efeed60$6e2a6ba5@TAGALONG> References: <009801c2789c$2f9ee910$0301a8c0@bigdaddy>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 5:52 PM Subject: Vinum - A Way to Create Without Losing Data? > >From what I've read, it appears that if I create a concatenated volume > using vinum or ccd, I will destroy whatever data I already have on the > disks. Is this correct? Is there anyway to do it without destroying > the data? I have one 80G archive drive and have filled it. I added > another and would like to have both drives seen by the system as one > 160G drive. Thanks for all of your responses. The (almost) full 80G archive drive does not contain any system files (just mp3s, video clips, etc.) and my additional 80G drive is new with no data. Thus, I've concluded that creating a vinum volume on the empty disk, copying the contents of the old to the new, and then adding the old disk to the vinum volume is the best way to go. This will be the first time I've ever attempted anything like this. Are there any common "gotchas" I should be careful to avoid? I *really* want to do this right the first time so I don't have to try and restore from the hundred or so CDs that contain backups. One of these days I'll get a tape drive... :) Thanks again, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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