Re: MD without LVM : should I reinstall ?

[Mathias BurÃn <mathias.buren@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 17 March 2011 21:32, Thomas Carrià <thocar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My hosting provider has a setup for me a Debian server using md RAID1 but it
> does not use LVM, should I consider re-install with LVM ?
>
> # mount | grep ' / '
> /dev/md0 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
> # fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
> ...
>  Device Boot   ÂStart     End   ÂBlocks  Id ÂSystem
> /dev/sdb1 Â * Â Â Â Â Â 1 Â Â Â 30155 Â 242220006 Â fd ÂLinux raid autodetect
> /dev/sdb2 Â Â Â Â Â 30156 Â Â Â 30401 Â Â 1975995 Â Â5 ÂExtended
> /dev/sdb5 Â Â Â Â Â 30156 Â Â Â 30401 Â Â 1975963+ Â82 ÂLinux swap / Solaris
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
> ...
>  Device Boot   ÂStart     End   ÂBlocks  Id ÂSystem
> /dev/sda1 Â * Â Â Â Â Â 1 Â Â Â 30155 Â 242220006 Â fd ÂLinux raid autodetect
> /dev/sda2 Â Â Â Â Â 30156 Â Â Â 30401 Â Â 1975995 Â Â5 ÂExtended
> /dev/sda5 Â Â Â Â Â 30156 Â Â Â 30401 Â Â 1975963+ Â82 ÂLinux swap / Solaris
>
> Disk /dev/md0: 248.0 GB, 248033181696 bytes
> ...
> Disk /dev/md0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
>
> Thanks for your feedback
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> Thomas CarriÃ
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Of course not. If you wanted LVM you'd switch to it. If you don't know
if you want it, then obviously you don't need it.

Jesus.

// M
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