On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 09:41:31AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 09:09:11AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm planning the install of amd64 on my new box (Athlon 3800+, 1 GB ram, > > Asus M2N-SLI MB, one Seagate 7200 80 GB SATA drive). > > > > What are the advantages to using LVM for root? > > Being able to resizeit later if needed I guess. > > > I'm concerned about methods of recovery if something goes wrong. > > > > If I don't do LVM root, here's my current drive layout: > > > > Part. mount size > > ========================== > > 1 /boot 32 MB > > Why a seperate boot? Why such a puny root partition? Are you putting > tmp on tmpfs in ram? >
re /boot: old habits die hard. The wisdom I learned was that its less likely to get corrupted. If that's not an issue anymore, then I can forget it. Re root: 200 MB is twice what I've ever needed, with /tmp, /usr, /var, and /home on separate partitions. I doubled it so I wouldn't have to resize it later. What would you suggest? > > 5 / 200 MB > > 6 swap 512 MB > > 7 PV1 remainder (78 GB +) > > > > VG1 only need one volume group, currently containing PV1 only > > > > LVusr /usr 3 GB > > LVvar /var 15 GB > > LVhome /home 10 GB > > LVtmp /tmp 200 MB > > > > This leaves most of the VG as spare to be allocated as needed. > > > Can/should one put swap in an LV or is it no better than a swap file > > then? > > I always put swap on a lv volume. that way I can add to it latereasily, > or get rid of it if i don't need it. > If the swap on an LV doesn't add overhead, then it seems like a great idea. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
