Re: How many partitions can you have

[antonovich]

Hey, this is excellent - basically what I wanted to know for my partitions. Does anyone know any good info sites about lvm? Cheers Anton Martin Baehr wrote: On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 08:34:43PM +1300, Trev wrote: I read in a file "Partitioning Dos and Don'ts": Setting up a linux extended partition, which used to be a necessity with earlier disk tools, is now generally a no-no. Is this correct ?. linux extended? does this mean maybe the linux extended filesystem (as opposed to ext2 and ext3 in use now) ? I will want at least 4 different Linux's :-), a partition for doing CDs, a partition for backups (from hda), that's 15 partitions, and will probably want more. Can i have that many ?. sure, but i suggest you take a look at lvm, which brings another level of flexibility to your partitioning... for doing cds i usually use a virtual disk image mounted with loop don't need an extra partition that way. in general i found that the less partitions i have the better, lvm adds the ability to resize partitions without having to wipe them. greetings, martin.