> -----Original Message----- > From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 February 2006 01:32 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Max Number of Partitions > > > Um, activate the vg in partial mode and lvols on the good > disk will still > be accessible -- I think even writable, but I could be wrong on that > point. I'm not sure if that's in the standard lvm startup scripts on > gentoo, but my initrd includes vgscan -P; vgchange -Pay. > > > Nah, too dangerous for me. I use multiple Volume Groups. > > Then you can't have a lv that's bigger than a single pv or > migrate data > between pvs (to switch them out or w/e) using pvmove. > > You are seriously crippling the usefulness of lvm if you > always use a 1 pv > = 1 vg rule.
Thank you all for the responses! It's taken me sometime to check my mail and they've piled up. :) Two quick Q's: Current partitions 1, 13, 14, 15 and 16 are NTFS. As I understand it LVM is a software solution that works happily with Linux. What happens when my other half tries to boot into WinXP? Are we going to have a major domestic because I hosed *her* computer? I believe Alexander mentioned it, but the reason I have placed directories like /usr/portage into different partitions is to minimise data fragmentation. How does this work in an LVM set up? -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
