> On 9/23/08, mark <m.roth2006@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Joey Prestia wrote: >> > Erling Ringen Elvsrud wrote: >> >> Hello list, >> > >> >> It is often hard to know how much space is needed for >> >> different mount points. Increasing the size of a filesystem is >> commonly >> >> described as a safer operation than reducing the size. Do you think >> >> saving space (not absolutely needed) for later is a good idea / >> common >> practice? >> > >> > It is a very good practice to use LVM partitions for any that you >> > believe may need to grow later down the road. And we never partition >> the >> > whole disk. You may never need it. But if you do need that space later >> > it is invaluable to not have to shut down a machine and add a drive. I >> > have found It to be very handy to have the foresight to do this and >> used >> > it many times to be advantageous. >> >> Yup. As I said in my article "Upgrading Linux" in the July '07 SysAdmin >> (now >> ceased publication, dammit), I recommend LVM for /usr, /home, and *very* >> much >> for /opt (since so much software these days wants to be there). I would >> *never* >> use LVM for /boot or / >> >> Size: 100M or so for /boot; 4G-8G for /, 20G for /usr, 4G for /var, >> ditto >> for >> /tmp, and lots and lots for /opt and /home. > > > What's the reason for not using LVM for / and /boot? /boot is read at boot time...having /boot in LVM would mean that LVM had to be, somehow, loaded at boot time. Probably better for /boot to be a fixed partition, rather than a logical volume within an LVM partition. As for /, I'm using LVM for /, and it works fine. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
