On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:22 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Quick question about LVM. I have a 750Gb drive that has miscellaneous > stuff on it. Stuff likes videos, music, pictures, ISO files and a few other > things. It's not full yet but it is working on it. I have my OS on sda. > The large drive is on sdc. If I buy another drive it should be sdd. I > think this is possible from what I have read but want to make sure. Could I > put sdc and sdd on LVM but the OS remain as it is with LVM not involved at > all? Basically, my OS stays just like it is and is not touched my LVM at > all but the two larger drives are managed by LVM. > > I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put my OS on. > Just my personal opinion on LVM. > > If there is a better solution to link two large drives, I'm open to those > ideas as well. LVM is all I can think of is why I mention it. > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > I know I'm late to the game with a reply, but a couple of months ago, I setup a data box running Gentoo in the following configuration:
OS drive: 250 GB PATA LVM2 data drives: 2 x WD Caviar Black 3 TB, raid1, LVM2 Had to partition those drives using parted, though. If that setup works fine -- and it does -- you'll have no issues.
