I've never set up /boot in LVM, so I've never given it much thoughts on whether it would work or not. But this makes sense, so thanks for the information. We usually put / in LVM, however, and never had any problems with it. But which issues are we likely to run into if we pub / in LVM? On 9/26/08, Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > 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 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
