Re: Bonehead Move, LVM

[Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Jones wrote:

> I disagree. I think there are good reasons to have multiple linux 
> partitions.

Okay...

> In you scheme, with one linux partition you cannoty do a clean FC7 
> install without first deleting FC6. What if FC7 does work in some way ? 
> In my scheme I still have FC6 which I can go back to, whilst the 
> problems with FC7 are fixed. With yours you do not.

In the unlikely event I found myself with a system so trashed by a 
proposed later FC(n), I would simply nuke the dirs containing the bad OS 
and reinstall FC(n-1) doing a non-upgrade install.

> I don't presently use LVM, mainly because it was not around when I first 
> started using this system (FC1 or so). However, now I probably would as 
> it would allow me to resize the partitions easily (for instance if I 
> found 10G was not enough for /) something I cannot do at the moment with 
> the standard partitions.

Yes, again this is only because you are using multiple Linux partitions 
though, which while you are welcome to it as a strategy and lifestyle 
choice, is a curious reason for LVM having such value as to be the 
global default, when for boxes that can only ever have one drive it is 
simpler to have one partition and no LVM and zero problems caused by 
artificial discontiguities in your storage.

-Andy