Christian Perrier wrote: > What is the exact meaning of the partman-auto-lvm/text/vg_all_free > string ? > > > I understand this adds a new recipe to partman-auto. The text > currently reads "Use free space for LVM" which is probably a bit > cryptic when seen by newbies. > > What *exactly* will this do? Will it create a Logical Volume in the > current free space on all hard disks ?
Yep. However, I actually made the string somewhat general on purpose because I felt that the exact behavior of what free space it uses might change. > If so, I would reformulate this as "Use all free space for one Logical > Volume" or "Use all free space for a (software) RAID volume" if we > want to avoid jargon... I don't think "Logical Volume" is clear in this context (it doesn't make me immediatly think of LVM, and mentioning RAID is a red herring, LVM is not RAID. -- see shy jo
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