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I have a /home partition, and on a separate drive I have a /homeextra.
I'm thinking of combining them into a single logical partition with LVM, and have done my reading re doing that. However, what I can't find is can this be done non-destructively, or am I going to have to find somewhere to backup the partitions to first, then set up the LVM, and copy back?
And yes, I know that conventional wisdom is to backup anyway. Just trying to avoid having to find a backup location if it can be done without.
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there is a tool for in-place conversion ( lvmify ) you can find it on github - https://github.com/g2p/blocks
in a german wiki I had once written a guide on how to convert it manually (same principle I guess) - https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Archiv/Howt … inrichten/
in both cases, you need a little free space to make room for LVM metadata (either by growing the partition or shrink the filesystem by a bit)
and it can go horribly wrong, use at your own risk
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Thank you.
If I can find a sufficiently roomy external drive amongst my spares, I will of course backup first and then take the nuclear option, but it's nice to know that it can be done if necessary.
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