SUMMARY: addvol/rmvol

From: Joanna Gaski <jgaski_at_WPI.EDU>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 09:10:51 -0500 (EST)

Thanks to George Guethlein and rye; the answer is that addvol cannot
be used to add an overlapping disk partition to an existing file
domain, so one has to backup the information, remove and recreate the
file domain, and then restore the information. Thanks.

Orig. question:

> Does anyone know if you can use addvol and rmvol to effectively
> move a file domain onto a disk partition which contains its current
> disk partition?
>
> I have a disk with partition h unused. f is in use, and lies within h.
> I would like to move the domain from f to h (the disk has unused
> sections currently). Would
>
> addvol /dev/rz8h domain
> rmvol /dev/rz8f domain
>
> work? Can I at least be assured that it would warn me before
> destroying any information from the domain?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
Received on Wed Feb 04 1998 - 15:11:02 NZDT

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