Re: What is the consensus on the best partition scheme and size?/Keeping home separate

[Andy Green <andy warmcat com>]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>   by the way, is there any reason *not* to encourage folks to use LVM
> rather than simple primary/extended/logical partitions?

If the LVM header area in front of the actual filesystem gets damaged, 
it ain't pretty.

-Andy