Re: Disk /dev/md6 doesn't contain valid partition table
On Wed 29 October 2008 22:01, Alex Samad wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:07:36AM -0500, C M Reinehr wrote:
> > Francesco,
> >
> > On Wed 29 October 2008 06:16, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 08:24:55AM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> > > >> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@vianet.ca>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > >> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:44:31AM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > PS I agree with Alex regarding LVM2. I have only two partitions defined
> > on my hard drives, one each for two md arrays. The first md device is for
> > my boot partition. The second for everything else. The everything else,
> > then, is managed by LVM2 with logical volumes for each seperate file
> > system. LVM2 is a little intimidating but once up & running is much
> > easier to manage.
>
> I usually go with 3
>
> 1 - 500M /boot
> 2 - 20G for /
> 3 - the rest for lvm.
>
> I like keeping the / fs on something simple especially if I have to
> rescue it
I don't really disagree but would say just that my priorities are different. I
have the boot partition just to keep GRUB happy and don't worry too much
about the root partition. I backup the /etc & /root directories & figure I
can rebuild/reinstall / if I have to. (I keep copies of the currently
installed programs, hd partition tables & lvm configuration in /root.)
It's a little tedious but I've learned how to boot from Knoppix & then
assemble the raid arrays, & start the LVM volumes manually, so, as long as I
stick with raid-1, I can, pretty much, recover, rebuild and/or restore
whatever I need. And, when all else fails, I have my nightly backups! :-)
cmr
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