On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 04:50:58PM -0700, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > On Friday 22 December 2006 15:09, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > I heard lvm can be used to have partitions whose sizes can be changed > > over time in non-destructive way as far as the data is concerned. > > 1) Does anyone use this or is it still in an experimental state? > > It's very stable and is used all over on real production systems. > > > 2) Are there any good websites which compare lvm against traditional > > partitioning? Like what are the advantages, disadvantages of each etc., > > Other than some issues with needing legacy support for booting and a very > slight increase in complexity, there are really no disadvantages. The etch > installer will configure LVM for you pretty automatically. > > > 3) Are there any new ways to have flexible partitions in one hard drive > > other than lvm? > > Yes, but LVM is the most stable and standard way that I know of. > > As others have mentioned, consult a recent LVM HOWTO for more general > information. I would be happy to personally answer and specific questions > you may have, although please keep the list CC'd.
Can /var live on LVM, or is it needed on my nonLVM root partition for boot purposes? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
