The case against LVM

[Timothy Murphy]

Ed Greshko wrote:

>> I've been using LVM on one computer for some time,
>> without any real problems.
>> 
>> However, I've decided that it causes unnecessary complications,
>> as some applications do not seem to accept the LVM devices,
>> while I don't find any real advantages to compensate.
> 
> What applications, for example?

I think there have been several,
but I didn't make a note of them.
The most recent was gparted (and Partition Manager).
I think I also had problems with one or more of: dd, apache (httpd),
unison, MySQL.
But as I said, I didn't keep notes,
and may be libeling LVM.


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