Alasdair G Kergon <a...@redhat.com> writes:
> /etc/lvm has several functions.
>
> Read-only config - leave it where it is.
Obviously. I was only meaning the writable parts.
> cache_dir - in general can be cleared on each boot so a tmpfs location
> would be fine or /var/cache or something
Maybe /lib/init/rw/ then for it to work early during boot. Works without
errors when pointed to /var/backups/lvm/ but it might have speed
penalties. Not sure.
> Metadata backups
> ideally would be stored persistently outside lvm but otherwise
> /var/backups sounds OK
>
> (The locations of the *writeable* parts are configurable from
> inside the *readable* part.)
>
> On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 04:31:29PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> Since grub2 can now too boot directly from lvm
>
> *Not* in general. It's unsafe for general use but works under certain
> undocumented configurations.
>
> Alasdair
D-I lets you install it that way without warnings and doesn't need
expert mode to allow it. The unsafeness seems to be a secret.
In what case does it break? When you are in the middle of a pvmove? When
the LV is split between devices?
MfG
Goswin
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