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* 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
* Show info about volume group.
$ 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
* Show info about logical volume.
$ sudo lvdisplay
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/vg0/home
VG Name vg0
LV UUID XWJFnF-LjQg-Xsvm-IeQI-68mX-jiYd-pSpA00
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 20.00 GB
Current LE 5120
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors 0
Block device 254:0
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/vg0/swap
VG Name vg0
LV UUID BHBQd0-1RlO-hHn7-jAij-Gyg6-KnqE-lRBgPY
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 1.00 GB
Current LE 256
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors 0
Block device 254:1
* 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.
$ sudo 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