Hi David and others, > I have been using LVM with debian/amd64 since I first set up the box, > including the root FS - a relatively long time now. It is quite stable, I > can tell you that much. I myself use reiserfs, which you can, along with > LVM, resize online and so forth. It's not your only filesystem choice by > any means; I won't get into that whole debate. :)
I know, that's a subject that has generated more than it's share of flamewars in itself }:-) I myself tend to stay a bit on the conservative side when making these choices. Up to now I still use ext3, but I am considering ReiserFS for the new box... > At the time I set up, the installer had menu choices for installing over > LVM, but these were broken. I had to install on a non LVM partition, set > up LVM by hand, and copy over (which wasn't so hard, really). Not sure if > this is fixed in later installer releases. I didn't try yet, but I seem to remember seeing an option for LVM during the install. I might just try it out. I can always start anew if it proves to be broken. > You're always going to have at least your little /boot filesystem > (containing your kernel and initrd) outside of LVM. Thanks. I suspected as much, but wasn't sure. > The tricky piece was getting the root filesystem in LVM; for that you need [snip] > Overall it's about remembering, too, that everytime you rebuild your > kernel image packages you have to go through this procedure and create a > working ramdisk, along with a custom grub/menu.lst that uses it. Of course > the debian kernel image scripts wipe out whatever grub configuration you > have in place and replace it with the generic one that won't work... Good info there. I've decided to go for it, but am still not sure whether I'll add / to LVM too. Most of the time I make separate partitions for /, /var, /tmp, /usr, /usr/local and /home (in that order). All the other filesystems will go in LVM. I figure I'll just start experimenting with / in and out of LVM and see what "feels" best to me. That way I can get a good feel for things. > If you're interested in doing this, I can email you sample configs and > other details... I would appreciate that very much. I'd give me something to build on. Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
