When something (anything) goes wrong, and your VG can't be created by LVM, your system won't come up at all. With your root file system on a non-LV piece of disk, you have a chance to fix things. Which I've had to do a _number_ of times, for various reasons. Based on the Google searches I did while trying to figure out what needed to be done, I wasn't alone by a long shot.
Your root file system shouldn't be growing or shrinking much at all after the initial install. It should be extremely static, so LVM won't really provide any benefit, and just adds an additional layer of complexity and potential for failure. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Spinler Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Errors when trying to put root on LVM during SLES10 install -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Post, Mark K wrote: > I personally recommend _not_ putting your root file system in an LV. - From curiosity, whyso? I've been doing so for some time, on intel and on z, and so far have no real cause for regret. On the other hand, it's saved our metaphorical bacon a few times when filesystems (including root) have had to be moved to different storage or resized. The one issue we've encountered is with mounting the storage on a different zLinux image -- don't have volume groups with the same names. Have you encountered other problems? - -- Pat -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (SunOS) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFnUvNNObCqA8uBswRAq/bAJ9LjE/oMAuZ5SoLrS7Owz2eH7+vTQCgglPp 4uS4JFpb4fzD/Akgel5+crE= =auGf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
