Re: Partition suggestions.
On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 12:47 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > Apologies for the late reply. I checked the system, and noticed I did
> > not have such a link. Just to be sure: The goal is to have the files
> > that are being written in /etc/lvm/{archive,backup} on a non-lvm
> > partition, right? So I could restore them from a backup of the system as
> > well, if I need to? Or I could just edit /etc/lvm/lvm.conf and modify
> > the backup_dir and archive_dir to point to /boot/lvm/{backup,archive},
> > right?
> Yes. If something goes wrong with the meta data then you need those
> files to restore it.
OK, I adapted my /etc/lvm/lvm.conf to point to the /boot/lvm
directories, so I guess I'm safe now. I know, guessing equals asking for
trouble, but for now that's all I can do. When I do mess up my system,
I'll let you know if the backup of the lvm files saved my life! :-)
Koen
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