On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 09:09:11AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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?
Being able to resizeit later if needed I guess. > 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 Why a seperate boot? Why such a puny root partition? Are you putting tmp on tmpfs in ram? > 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? I always put swap on a lv volume. that way I can add to it latereasily, or get rid of it if i don't need it. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
