LVM + RAID1 = Perfect solution to upgrade woes

by | Feb 3, 2016 | lvm, raid, ubuntu

As said before, I’m rebuilding an old system and have run into sneaky issues. In trying to upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04, it ran out of disk space at the last minute, and retreated to the old install. Unfortunately, this broke its ability to boot. Digging...

Out with old and in with the new

by | Feb 2, 2016 | mac, technology, ubuntu

I have been waiting a long time to resurrect an old friend of mine: my MythTV box. I built that machine ten years ago. (I’d show you the specs, but they’re locked away ON the machine in an antique mediawiki web server). It runs Root-on-LVM-on-Raid top to...