Basically I agree with you - put / on a fixed disk - but use LVM for the rest (/usr, /var/,/home/opt, /whatever).
Can't say I agree that there is never an advantage though - in the world according to Scott and Mark where root should never have to increase - maybe .. but I'm always hesitant to use the word 'never' myself. Constantly bites me in the ass when I have to deal with other people's worlds.. ;-) Scott Rohling On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> On 8/13/2008 at 9:47 PM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott > Rohling > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -snip- > > And expansion of a root filesystem much harder. > > With a properly laid out file system design, that will _never_ be > necessary. Never. > > > As pointed out, RedHat > > defaults to an LVM root - so it's harder to brush it aside as just a bad > > idea. > > No, that doesn't make it harder at all. See my other post on that. > > > I think there are pros and cons - enough on both sides that I wouldn't > flat > > out tell someone "don't do it".. Recovery is less easy, yes, but > certainly > > possible - you just have more than one DASD to consider. > > It's far worse than that. Having / on an LV has _zero_ advantages, since > there is never a need to expand the root file system. Having / on an LV > introduces additional risk, and will elongate recovery time. That makes the > decision very easy. More risk, no benefit, no deal. Put / on an "plain > partition." > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
