moocan2...@yahoo.fr (moo can) writes: >Hello, >I'm trying to install NetBSD 8 using/inside a LVM partition.I would like to= > be able to resize partition if needed.I come from Linux and always use an = >LVM for /boot, /, swap, /home, /var
Simple answer, you cannot. LVM is mostly a userland thing and requires a running system to start. This forbids at least using LVM for the root but also the standard swap/dump partitions. There could be a solution as used for full disk encryption, but I haven't seen anyone doing this. You can find details (for cgd) at https://wiki.netbsd.org/security/cgdroot/. Everything else could be logical volumes, but on a single disk system you would need to create some hybrid partitioning scheme which is hardly worth the effort. Using LVM for data disks (including things like /home) works fine. Please also note that our LVM only implements a subset. We still lack a mirror target, so LVM raid or even just moving LVs online is not yet supported. -- -- Michael van Elst Internet: mlel...@serpens.de "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
