-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2014-03-22 02:30, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Fri, 21 Mar 2014, Ken Heard wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 2014-03-21 00:30, Patrick Bartek wrote: >>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2014, Ken Heard wrote: >>> >>>> [snip] I never did get LVM going on top of RAID1. Since I >>>> had to use an mini-ITX box there would not be room in it for >>>> more than the two hard drives already there and used for the >>>> RAID1. I consequently made a virtue out of necessity by >>>> deciding that I did not need LVM. If ever I need more hard >>>> drive space it will have to be external. >>> >>> I'm curious. Why would you want to use LVM with such a set up? >>> Seems pointless. Not advantageous. For a non-server >>> situation. Even if you do add additional hard drives >>> (externally), they can be mounted and used effectively by >>> conventional means. >> >> As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I made a virtue out of >> necessity and convinced myself that I did not really need it. If >> ever I need to expand hard drive capacity I will do what you >> suggest in your last sentence. > > Maybe, this link will help do what you originally wanted to. It's > for a 3 hard drive RAID though which might be more helpful in the > long run. > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Software_RAID_and_LVM > > I'm sure there's a Debian HOWTO for the same thing, but the Arch > Linux wikis are more detailed and thorough, and fairly generic.
As I had already explained in an earlier post, the one marked above with the 4 pointers -- >>>> -- I determined that for this particular installation I could do without LVM. I will however need it in another installation; so for that one I am looking for more information. Thanks for the tip. By the way I agree with you about the Archlinux wikis; I have found them on the whole better than most other documentation, including some of Debian's. Regards, Ken -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlMtt58ACgkQlNlJzOkJmTcRvwCeMmkamk3KrjPnsAdvrPivO++l sxEAn1tDV+iF2cFCl14nC3qGDWXtXizl =lO8O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/532db79f.4000...@teksavvy.com
