Hi, I'm planning the install of amd64 on my new box (Athlon 3800+, 1 GB ram, Asus M2N-SLI MB, one Seagate 7200 80 GB SATA drive).
What are the advantages to using LVM for root? I'm concerned about methods of recovery if something goes wrong. If I don't do LVM root, here's my current drive layout: Part. mount size ========================== 1 /boot 32 MB 5 / 200 MB 6 swap 512 MB 7 PV1 remainder (78 GB +) VG1 only need one volume group, currently containing PV1 only LVusr /usr 3 GB LVvar /var 15 GB LVhome /home 10 GB LVtmp /tmp 200 MB This leaves most of the VG as spare to be allocated as needed. I plan to use JFS for all partitions. I've been very happy with JFS in the past. The most memory I've ever had is 64 MB. Now I've got a gig. The only time I've been memory bound has been thanks to Mozilla. I'm assuming that the transfering of VHS tapes to DVD (editing out the commercials) will take more memory, but I'm unsure of how much swap I need. When I start video editing, I'll be adding a second drive but since that's for working space for the editing, I don't know if I should put a swap partition on it. Can/should one put swap in an LV or is it no better than a swap file then? Please comment. Thanks, Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
