On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 09:46:34AM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: >> LVM is much more flexible and less prone to do things to your data >> than, say, the tools that re-size your partitions the hard way.
Thinking in terms of partitions as the things you mount in /etc/fstab. The confusion about what exatly a partition is does not resolve itself easily. You think you have it figured out, but then you try to tell someone about it and they often have different understanding of the underlying terms. Everyone who talks about it seems to use the terms differently. >> You do >> still have to exercise common sense, however. >> >> I've lost a re-sized partition permanently using a commercial tool >> whose name I refuse to remember. >> >> I lost a bunch of LVM partitions once through pure carelessness and >> used the LVM maintenance tools to recover them. Took a couple of hours >> to read the manuals, recover, and be on my way. Kept using that >> partition map for several years with no problems. > > Please don't confuse physical volumes and partitions, the OP seems > confused enough already. :) Indeed, I was not being clear. :( > http://linuxconfig.org/linux-lvm-logical-volume-manager And that might be the sort of overview the OP was looking for, even though it looks more liike instructions for use. :-/ > -- > "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people > who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the > oppressing." --- Malcolm X > I wonder if I have time to write something up that might help resolve this confusion today. -- Joel Rees Be careful when you look at conspiracy. Arm yourself with knowledge of yourself, as well: http://reiisi.blogspot.jp/2011/10/conspiracy-theories.html
