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+-*- outline -*-
+
+* Debian package.
+
+  $ sudo apt-get --install lvm
+
+* See partitions.
+
+  $ sudo sfdisk -l
+
+or use gparted(1).
+
+* Setup physical volume.
+
+  $ sudo pvcreate /dev/sdc3
+  Physical volume "/dev/sdc3" successfully created
+
+* Setup volume group.
+
+  $ sudo vgcreate vg0 /dev/sdc3
+  Volume group "vg0" successfully created
+
+  $ sudo vgdisplay 
+  --- Volume group ---
+  VG Name               vg0
+  System ID             
+  Format                lvm2
+  Metadata Areas        1
+  Metadata Sequence No  1
+  VG Access             read/write
+  VG Status             resizable
+  MAX LV                0
+  Cur LV                0
+  Open LV               0
+  Max PV                0
+  Cur PV                1
+  Act PV                1
+  VG Size               77.22 GB
+  PE Size               4.00 MB
+  Total PE              19769
+  Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0   
+  Free  PE / Size       19769 / 77.22 GB
+  VG UUID               ZOQvrP-PnJ2-kKsH-7aLU-eOa3-K5M2-sRstJH
+
+
+* Create logical volume.
+
+  $ sudo lvcreate -L 10G -n home vg0
+  Logical volume "home" created
+
+* Create fs on logical volume.
+
+  $  sudo mke2fs -j /dev/vg0/home
+  mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
+  Filesystem label=
+  OS type: Linux
+  Block size=4096 (log=2)
+  Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
+  1310720 inodes, 2621440 blocks
+  131072 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
+  First data block=0
+  Maximum filesystem blocks=2684354560
+  80 block groups
+  32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
+  16384 inodes per group
+  Superblock backups stored on blocks:
+          32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632
+
+  Writing inode tables: done
+  Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
+  Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
+
+* Remove logical volume.
+
+  $ lvremove  /dev/vg0/home
+
+* Move home dir to lvm.
+
+  $ su
+  ...
+  $ mv /home /home2
+  $ lvcreate -L 10G -n home vg0
+  $ mke2fs -j /dev/vg0/home
+  $ emacs /etc/fstab
+  ...
+  $ cat /etc/fstab
+  ...
+  /dev/vg0/home   /home  ext3  defaults  0  2
+  ...
+  $ mount -a
+  $ (cd /home2; tar -cf - .) | (cd /home; tar -xpf -)
+  $ rm -r /home2
+
+* Creating swap on lvm.
+
+  $ su
+  ...
+  $ lvcreate -L 1G -n swap vg0
+  $ mkswap -v1 /dev/vg0/swap
+  $ emacs /etc/fstab
+  ...
+  $ cat /etc/fstab
+  ...
+  /dev/vg0/swap   swap  swap  defaults  0  0
+  ...
+  $ swapon -a
+