On 15/11/05, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I currently do not use LVM. > > I have a 40GB disk with 3 physical partitions and logical partitions > 5-11 on the remaining physical partition. Several of the partitions are > getting full. There is space on the disk. Just over half of the disk > space is UN-partitioned. > > What I need to know is if I am better off to simply juggle the data > around using parted to increase the size of the paritions, or should I > install LVM and migrate the data to LVM volumes.
I'd go for the latter - LVM is much saner than mucking about with parted and symlinks. If you want the flexibility of multiple partitions without the 'I guessed wrong when I installed and now /usr is 5% full but /home is bursting' hassle, it's the only sensible choice. I have raved here before about how great LVM is, so won't repeat myself; see http://number9.hellooperator.net/articles/2005/10/10/loveit-very-much If anyone spots any errors, please comment or mail me. > Is this a good plan, or should I just juggle logical paritions and not > use LVM? Good plan. Once you convert your old partitions to PVs you could even empty out the temporary PV you created on the end of the disk (using pvmove) if you need the space for something else. > If I use LVM, should I leave the root and boot partitions out of the LG, > or can I boot from a LV? If so, what do I need to do to make sure that > everything works? I tend to leave /boot as ext3 on a straight primary disk partition - swap too - but mainly for religous reasons. Everything else goes on LVM-backed reiser or ext3. -- Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns http://number9.hellooperator.net/
