Re: [LUG] Converting to LVM?

[Chris Brown <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alex Charrett wrote:

> 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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I guess it's the ability to alter things on the fly and even leave parts 
of the partition unallocated for the future (waste of disk space I hear 
you say).

Works for me, though.

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