[linux-lvm] Mandrake 8.1 and LVM

[Steve Wray]

> From: linux-lvm-admin at sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin at sistina.com]On
> Behalf Of Luca Berra
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 09:00:02AM -0500, Sarwer Zafiruddin wrote:
> > For those Mandrake 8.1 users out there.  Does anyone know if you can
setup
> > the Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) during the install?  Ideally, I
> > would like to put my /,/var,/usr,/tmp filesystems under LVM control, so
I
> > have the ability to expand the filesystems if it every gets full.
>
> you can setup lvm during install, but you cannot put root over lvm
> sorry.

No don't be sorry!!!

I don't know why people even think of doing that...
Can *anyone* give a good reason (and I don't include
"because its tidier to have everything LVM") for having
root on LVM? Its just begging for trouble; like running
windows XP!

Oh and yes, mandrake 8.1 supports LVM at install; it'll even
detect previous LVM setups and incorporate them into the
install if you want!

My only worry is that Mandrake 8.1 defaults to devfs
and there was a recent message about a problem with devfs and LVM.


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