Lee, /boot will need to be its own partition. The size of the partition for /boot can be fairly small but I would make it 250MB to 500MB. The remaining unpartitioned space on the mod 27s can be put into an LVM VG and carved up however they want.
Mike Friesenegger >>> On 5/14/2009 at 01:07 PM, in message <[email protected]>, Lee Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to keep repeating to myself - the customer is always right.... > > We have "advised" a customer not to do this but... In the end we're > the consultants and they're the paying customer... > > They want a new Linux image - built on an LVM so the root (/ not /root) > filesystem can span 3 mod 27s... They insist that they want the space > available from any part of the filesystem... > > Will SLES10 SP2 install and boot off an LVM like that? Or do I need to > put /boot in a real partition? Or?? > > Thoughts? > > Lee > -- > > Lee Stewart, Senior SE > Sirius Computer Solutions > Phone: (303) 996-7122 > Email: [email protected] > Web: www.siriuscom.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
