<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Richard Bronosky <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Richard@bronosky.com">Richard@bronosky.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Kenneth Ratliff <<a href="mailto:lists@noctum.net">lists@noctum.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> If you could get them to boot it to knoppix and then setup your LVM<br>
> volumes from the commandline, I don't see why not. You'd just have to<br>
> be careful to get your config files right before you rebooted.<br>
<br>
1. They won't do anything special for us. They won't boot of<br>
[your_idea_here]. They won't install [your_software_here]. They won't<br>
plug in [your_hardware_here].<br>
2. If I ask them to do anything it is going to cost the same as a new<br>
server setup fee and take a week. I might as well have them do it all<br>
if I have them do anything.<br>
<br>
As far as paying for management... I fully agree. But, I'm playing the<br>
hand I've been dealt.<br>
<br>
I guess I could have focused the discussion better. Instead of saying<br>
I loosely understand kickstart, I should have asked if it is possible<br>
to remotely setup LVM on a RHEL4 box that you have no physical access<br>
to. That is really what is missing for me.<br>
<br>
I look forward to studying those 2 <a href="http://redhat.com" target="_blank">redhat.com</a> kickstart links this weekend.<br>
<br>
.!# RichardBronosky #!</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Absolutely you can set up LVM on an already installed box remotely. If you've got ssh you can use the command line tools all you want pv*, vg*, lv*. It'd be difficult to get your / partition to be LVM if it wasn't installed that way, but the other filesystems, or extending/manipulating filesystems who are already LVM shouldn't be a problem.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Scott</div></div>