On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:06 PM, vbox-users <vbox-us...@clevertrove.com> wrote: >> From: Tom Browder [mailto:tom.brow...@gmail.com] >> >> I provide a Linux VM with two virtual drives to a client. One drive >> is a boot disk and the other drive contains a single partition mounted >> as /usr/local. That's where the client should keep his work. > > Since you may be upgrading or replacing the OS in the future, > I would advise against using a standard well known path such as /usr/local, > where you likely have OS-dependent apps. > I would advise instead, using something like /data
That's usually not a problem for my situation (but a good idea for others). I must admit I've been using /usr/local on its own partition (or whole disk) since I first met SGI Irix. > I think you'll do well to avoid using any partitions at all That sounds pretty low level! > You might "pvcreate" the raw device, and vgcreate, and lvcreate, and vgscan. > mkfs.ext4 directly the raw device (no partitions.) As far as I know, you must define a partition before you create the fs, even if the whole disk is one partition. ... So basically I'm going to have to use the low-level commands to create the second, movable virtual disk? Best regards, -Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
