On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:30:55 +0200, Remy Blank wrote:

> > Why do you make such a big deal of not using LVM? It achieves
> > everything you want to, and more, without the compromises.  
> 
> There's one thing that has prevented me from ever using LVM: the need to
> have an initrd (or initramfs).

Sshh! Don't tell the systems I've been running on LVM for years that they
need an initrd or they'll all want one!

Just use a 300MB root partition, no separate /boot and put everything
else on LVM. Then all the tools you need are in /, so no initrd needed.
See Alan's reply regarding FS resizing tools.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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