Re: LVMs and "Real" Partitions (was Re: Preupgrade F11 ---> F12 ?)

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On 07/27/2010 06:01 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> --- On Tue, 7/27/10, Bill Davidsen<davidsen@xxxxxxx>  wrote:
>
>> Patrick Bartek wrote:
>
>>> [snip]
>>> I never could see any advantage to LVMs (over "real"
>> partitions) other than being able to resize them while they
>> are mounted.
>>>
>> They do make it easy to move stuff to new hardware, that
>> can be important as a
>> time saving if you have to do it often.
>
> Easier than using cp or dd or rsync, etc.?  How much easier can it get?
>
> I guess it all depends on what you're accustomed to.

If you set them up properly, the "snapshot" bit can be very useful, too.
Saved my bacon a couple of times.
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