On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 23:18:36 -0500 zhang zhengquan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/4/2 Stefan Monnier <[email protected]>: > >> I read something that it is not good for /boot and / to reside on lvm > >> partitions. > > > > Only /boot needs to be on a non-LVM volume. I always partition my root > > drives with a 100-200MB /boot partition and the rest as a single > > partition devoted to LVM. Actually, I also do that for > > secondary&external drives, where the small "boot" partition is simply > > left unused (but can come in handy if I ever need to switch drives > > around). > why is the boot partition left unused, it is supposed to contain kernel > images, right? Besides, if you use the rest as a single partition, is > that possible to create separate partitions for /var /usr etc? He means that the boot partitions of his secondary and external drives are unused, since /boot only exists on his root drive. /var and /usr can be created as logical volumes on top of the single partition used by LVM Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
