On Wed 29 October 2008 22:01, Alex Samad wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:07:36AM -0500, C M Reinehr wrote: > > Francesco, > > > > On Wed 29 October 2008 06:16, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 08:24:55AM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > >> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:44:31AM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > [snip] > > > PS I agree with Alex regarding LVM2. I have only two partitions defined > > on my hard drives, one each for two md arrays. The first md device is for > > my boot partition. The second for everything else. The everything else, > > then, is managed by LVM2 with logical volumes for each seperate file > > system. LVM2 is a little intimidating but once up & running is much > > easier to manage. > > I usually go with 3 > > 1 - 500M /boot > 2 - 20G for / > 3 - the rest for lvm. > > I like keeping the / fs on something simple especially if I have to > rescue it
I don't really disagree but would say just that my priorities are different. I have the boot partition just to keep GRUB happy and don't worry too much about the root partition. I backup the /etc & /root directories & figure I can rebuild/reinstall / if I have to. (I keep copies of the currently installed programs, hd partition tables & lvm configuration in /root.) It's a little tedious but I've learned how to boot from Knoppix & then assemble the raid arrays, & start the LVM volumes manually, so, as long as I stick with raid-1, I can, pretty much, recover, rebuild and/or restore whatever I need. And, when all else fails, I have my nightly backups! :-) cmr -- Debian 'Etch' - Registered Linux User #241964 -------- "More laws, less justice." -- Marcus Tullius Ciceroca, 42 BC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
