Re: [LUG] Converting to LVM?

[Alex Charrett <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Chris Brown wrote:

> I don't know about upgrading an existing disk but I added a second hard 
> drive to one of my computers and partitioned it partly for M$ Win 98 and 
> partly for SuSE Linux. Using LVM enable me to slice up the Linux 
> partition (formatted reiserfs) into parts that I've been able to add at 
> different mount points as needed. I use the second drive for data and 
> temp cd images so that if, by accident, I trash my root partition I've 
> still got all the home directories etc.

I'm not sure what LVM offers you *in this situation* that good old 
partitioning doesn't, except from adding another layer of complication?

Alex

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