I didnt mean to suggest that i wouldnt use the box. As i mentioned before im
pretty new to linux coming from a windows backgroung so hope to pick up some
skill using this as my home server because vmware is a pain.
I just need to get it installed so i can start playing, if you think there
is value in breaking off more of the partitions i will, i have to say that i
wont be letting people i dont know on immediately because you all know far
more than i do about linux so i need to get up to speed before im sure i can
secure my data, after all it houses my photos etc.
I was hoping to use LVM and therefore learn it. Has anyone used LVM on the
n2100 for the root, swap, etc partitions? As i understand it with boot in
flash it should be a problem to use it.
if i understand correctly you can do lvm on raid but not raid on lvm at the
moment. what i would like to do would be have a section of disk lvm raid1
containing debian and my protected storage partitions, that way i can move
disk from data to debian later if required. and an lvm r0 mass storage for
nonessential data. I was kind of hoping you could do raid on lvm so that i
could break the whole disk into 50gb chunks and then move them between
differnt LVMs as required but i dont think you can.
I have LPU Linux Certification in a nutshell which im going to work through
once i get it installed :-)))
sorry for all the questions :)
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Winters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: Installing debian on N2100
Andrew Haswell wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Winters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Andrew Haswell wrote:
[snip]
can you give me some advice as to what partitions to create, can i get
away with just root and swap or is it worth considering more
granularity.
I will install Debian on 1 HDD to start and add the other in after,
mirror the debian partitions, then create data partitions.
How big are your hard discs?
I've got 2x 500GB Seagate Drives in it at the moment, i doubt i will
ever do anything particularly taxing with it on the linux side, will
probably use it for a LAMP type install, samba, then usual media
software.
I'd probably go for some variation on my usual set-up there. A 10G
partition on each disc, RAIDed with RAID1 for /. Then perhaps a 1G
partition on each, again RAID1, for swap. Then put the whole of the
rest of each disc into a single large partition, again RAID1, but use
the resulting device as a physical volume for LVM and allocate LVs from
that as needed.
HTH
John
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