On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 13:58:22 +0200 Saša Janiška <gour@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I’m new Fedora (f25-beta) user considering to fully (after having > Fedora on my netbook) migrate to Fedora. May the force be with you. ;-) > At the moment I run Debian (Sid) and have two hard disks: 1x1TB and > 1x2TB (one old 1TB disk recently died) and have the following layout: > > sda: 1 - BIOS boot > 2 - md-raid1 (root, xfs) > 3 - md-raid1 (home, xfs) > > > sdb: 1 - BIOS boot > 2 - md-raid1 (root, xfs) > 3 - md-raid1 (home, xfs) > 4 - swap > 5 - backup partition > > > Now I’ve a feeling that, somehow, Fedora favours usage of LVM > partitions…Otoh, I’ve been told that using LVM on top of RAID(1) might > not be the best solution, so wonder whether you recommend to keep the > same layout as on Debian or to put my raid-1 volumes in LVM > containers? I don't know about the raid question, since I don't use raid. I think the installer automatically selects lvm if you let it, but I never do. I always use a custom install to pre-created partitions (and never install over the currently working version, to save lots of hassle and headache if problems occur). The upgrade becomes a much more relaxed process when there is a working alternative available. > Another concern I have is in regard to separate /boot partition which > I was not using on Linux for quite some time, but see that Fedora’s > automatic layout does create it? I don't use a /boot under root, and haven't with Fedora, so I'm not sure if that is a problem or not. Until you asked your question, I hadn't even thought about the fact that /boot could be in the / partition, though I knew it. I use a separate 1 G boot partition for each linux OS I have installed. Maybe someone else can speak to this. There must have been a reason lost in the mists of time. And probably inapplicable now, given how much change there has been. Using a custom layout, and not allocating a /boot partition should work for this in the installer, too. I can't see a reason it wouldn't, and if it does you don't have to worry about it. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
