On 2008/07/07 11:20 (GMT-0500) Jason Crain apparently typed: > On Mon, July 7, 2008 9:59 am, Felix Miata wrote:
>> I'm well past my 15 partition limit in most of my machines. How to you do >> it? Only 2-3 distros per machine? 8 disks per machine? Something else? > There is LVM. It has a high learning curve, though. > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ 1-LVM is not cross-platform, so complicates further the already complicated management of serious multiboot systems. 2-LVM is incompatible with systems on which already >15 partitions/HD exist. 3-+1 on the high LVM learning curve, particularly when trying to figure out how to adapt systems that already have >15/HD, and adapt all the backup/restore deps that don't accommodate or incorporate LVM. >From what you wrote "set aside a spare partition for the OS, and perhaps one for the virtual machine's swap...use these two partitions (not the entire disk) as "raw" partitions...", I just don't see much possibility to have more than about 3-4 "systems" per disk, if that many, using LVM. Most of my systems have more than 6, including at least 2 that can't use LVM. >> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; >> rv:1.8.1.15) Gecko/20080622 SeaMonkey/1.1.10 (PmW) > Really? Someone is still using OS2? :-) You can too, as long as you don't mind paying for something worth having: http://www.ecomstation.com/ -- "Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry." Ephesians 4:26 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
