On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 4:46 PM, David W Noon <dwn...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:07:23 -0500, Dale wrote about Re: > [gentoo-user] /dev/sda* missing at boot: > >> Mick wrote: >> > On Sunday 11 Sep 2011 19:56:48 Dale wrote: >> > >> > I always have /boot on a separate partition and it is always ext2. >> > So, that is done. I also have a 200Mb /boot partition. It >> > sometimes gets about half full but I could just clean out old >> > kernels more often. I could always make /boot larger too. >> > It seems that I'm gonna have fun with a 35M /boot soon (and no LVM >> > of course). ;-) >> >> I'm doing some thinking and reading. I'm either going to go back to >> a rpm based thing and let something besides me deal with the init* >> stuff > > IMO, better to use Debian or Slackware. I went through "RPM Hell" back > in the days when I ran S.u.S.E. (complete with full-stops in the name) > and I will never go back. > >> or stick around and dive into this init* crap and add LVM on >> top. > > Watch this space. You might read something to your advantage in the > next few days. > >> /boot would be the only thing not on LVM. > > Well, /boot cannot be on LVM, as the BIOS does not know about logical > volumes. > >> This makes me >> nervous as heck tho. I have read where if something goes wrong, you >> can lose everything. > > It's no worse than a normal partitioning system, just more flexible. > [Of course, that also means that it is more flexible for you to destroy > your DASD farm yourself.] > >> I'm hoping I can make mine simple enough that I >> can manage any problems even if I can get no outside help. From what >> I have read, usually it's when you can't figure out how to fix it >> that you lose everything. > > Same as partitions: just keep backups. > > I have some scripts that generate LVM rebuild scripts. These scan the > current logical volumes and generate lvcreate commands into a script > that can rebuild your LVM set-up in seconds. You (or anybody else) are > welcome to a copy if you wish.
I am interested in the backup scripts to help improve my backup/restore system. > After that, back up the contents using tar, dar, cpio or whatever your > favourite archiving tool happens to be. > -- > Regards, > > Dave [RLU #314465] > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > dwn...@ntlworld.com (David W Noon) > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > -- No trees were harmed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
