On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:06:34 +1300 antonovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hey, > this is excellent - basically what I wanted to know for my partitions. > Does anyone know any good info sites about lvm? > Cheers > Anton > LDP - always your first port of call: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO gentoo howto (still appropriate if u do nott use gentoo: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/lvm.xml ibm articles by Daniel Robbins, very good: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lvm/?dwzone=linux http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lvm2.html?dwzone=linux didn't look veryhard did you? > 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. > > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
