LVM let's you add space to volumes without having to create new partitions, move the data over, and then do something with the old one. > > From: Meino Christian Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/08/08 Tue PM 12:27:53 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gentoo-user] LVM: Pro and Contra ? > > > Hi, > > Soon I will change me system from PATA (80GB) to SATA (200GB). I am > playing with installing LVM for all parts of the filesystem with the > execption of the / -filesystem. May be I will convert this later, > too, but one step after the other... > > But I have no idea about the Pros and Contras of using LVM instead of > the classical fixed size partition scheme. > > Can someone point me to a text or something which explains this > aspect of LVM ? > > I tried google but there far too many "Pro and Contra" texts about > other things..... > > Thanks a lot in advance for any help in advance! > mcc > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > >
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