Go for it. I've had such a system running since april 2006. There really is nothing special about it. --Janne On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 12:40:29PM +0100, Ian Burnett wrote: > My current system configuration is a 250GB internal IDE HDD, managed > using LVM2 under Fedora Core 6. What I would like to do is to put this > disk into an external USB enclosure to reduce heat generation inside the > PC. Another reason is to allow the addition of extra disks very easily > (current case only has room for 1x 3.5" HDD). > > Once the USB drive is connected, I will be performing the initial boot > stages off a small (2GB) solid-state CF disk, so I don't necessarily > need the full "boot from USB" capabilities. > > I can't see any problems in doing so myself. I realise that if > additional usb-storage devices are added, then the raw device may change > from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb, but with LVM using PV UUIDs to locate > devices, won't that be irrelevant? > > Are there any caveats to doing this? I haven't seen anything > particularly relevant on the archives of this mailing list, and I've > Googled around the subject. I did discover a couple of boot-from-USB > walkthroughs scattered around the web which unhelpfully said "don't do > it" without giving any particular reasons. That was from some old posts > (c. 2005), without any citations, and didn't mention LVM2 so could have > been based on LVM1. > > All advice welcomed. > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Burnett :: www.ianburnett.com > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > -- Janne Peltonen <janne.peltonen@helsinki.fi> _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
