Re: Can a (second) hard disc consist of only 1 extended/logical partition? Or is at least one primary necessary?

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:14:54 +0000, Dances With Crows wrote:


LVM is orthogonal to filesystems.

If you want to be pedantic, that's true. But it's still the case that
Grub would need to be able to read LVM volumes (and then the filesystem
installed on a given volume) to eliminate the need to have a non-LVMed /
boot. As has been mentioned, this isn't too likely [anytime soon].

[...]


You can't umount / while the system is running. If / is on an LV which
resides on a PV, you can move it using pvmove.

I guess I don't understand your point. One can move / with the system
down regardless of whether it is in an LVM volume.

[...]

That's okay; I've yet to be convinced that running anything other than
Linux is a good idea nowadays.

You've never had to deal with brain-damaged suits who think that
I.Exploder is the only browser in existence

That's true. I'm careful about the work I agree to do. And where I
work, the two owners have MS degrees in computer science, not "business
science" (or whatever you'd call that studied to achieve an MBA {8^).

- Andrew
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