Re: Partition suggestions.

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) writes:

> On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:17:47AM +0100, Koen Vermeer wrote:
>> Sorry to jump into the thread like this, but: Why not put root on LVM as
>> well? I only put /boot in a separate partition, and use all remaining
>> space for LVM. But I'd rather know now that my setup sucks (so I can do
>> something about it), then when it bites me...
>
> Well if root is in LVM, then fixing problems if you ever screw up the
> LVM config is much much harder.  And either way you need one partition
> outside LVM, either /boot or all of /.
>
> Having managed to screw up LVM and need to fix it again, I was sure
> happy root wasn't in LVM that day.

Provided you linked /etc/lvm/{backup,archive} to /boot/lvm then
repairing LVM just needs a grml (or similar live-cd).

Or a rescue partition. On some systems I actualy have installed a mini
Debian on one partition just for rescue purposes later on.

MfG
        Goswin