[PLUG] Migrate Ubuntu Server / install to /home. /var, /opt, etc install?

[MIke C. (Tech. Coord.)]

"Can you expand on the description of your environment?  Do you have
two servers (one with the single partition and another with multiple
partitions)?"

-- I wish it was only 1 server that was set up this way, but unfortunately
it is two servers and they both only have 1 hard drive and 1 large /
partition.

"And, given that this is a server, you may want to consider using
logical volumes instead of partitions."

- On a new install, I would certainly use LVM as it has many advantages,
however I don't know how to get there from here without the intermediary
step of re-partitioning.

If there is a way, I'd love to know about it.


On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Robert Citek <robert.citek at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 1:24 PM, MIke C. (Tech. Coord.)
> <mike.connors at albertagrocery.coop> wrote:
> > Asking people who have direct experience with resolving this nightmare
> what
> > the best method is of migrating a production server install on a single /
> > partition to a multi-partitioned install.
>
> Can you expand on the description of your environment?  Do you have
> two servers (one with the single partition and another with multiple
> partitions)?  Or do you have a single system with two disks (one with
> the single partition and another with multiple partitions)?  Or do you
> have a single system with a single disk with the old single partition
> and a bunch of new partitions?  Or something else?
>
> And, given that this is a server, you may want to consider using
> logical volumes instead of partitions.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
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