Ok then I stand corrected, partition away! :)
On Nov 21, 2007 11:55 AM, Corey Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 11:33 -0700, Steve wrote: > > However I do fail to see how LVM would make the task of mounting a > > partition on a different volume when the need arises any easier. > > Can you elaborate how what you are talking about and what I'm talking > > about differ in their approach or end result? > > So if he runs out of disk space on his primary drive and adds another, > with LVM he can add all that disk space (or some subset of it) to they > existing volumes. I did that on the box at my feet actually. I added a > 120GB drive to augment /home. With LVM /home just became 30GB + 120GB, > and I didn't have to move anything. > > And if he decides in the future that maybe some of that disk would be > better served on another partition, he could shrink the one and reapply > the recovered disk to another volume. Going back to my example, I could > pull out 10GB from that 120GB I added to /home and put it on /var > instead. > > > Corey > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
