On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:13:30PM -0600, Dorsey James - jdorse wrote: > Using the LVM (Logical Volume Manager) might make more sense the using the > MD linear option.
Sure, but.... > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:56:36PM -0500, Dave Myers wrote: > > Since LVM did not come with the RedHat 7.2. S/3909 distro, > > I am playing around with MD (software raid) to make multivolume > > filesystems. I think the idea is, the md modules are already there. If you had LVM available, you'd certainly want to use it. But since he doesn't, md is less hassle than retrofitting LVM. I once used md with IDE disks on the same controller to implement RAID-1. It was incredibly slow, but it worked. In fact: Florian, you're reading this, right? This was on a Jurix box that is *still* in production in Maryland. Adam
