Re: Maximum number of available partitions on Debian GNU/Linux (lenny).
Teodor wrote:
> I'm trying to setup a mail server with flexible storage allocation.
> The solution I was thinking about was to create 10 logical volumes
> (LV) with the corresponding volume groups (VG), one for each major
> mailbox storage
Consider using only one VG and create all logical volumes in this volume
group.
> Not being able to use more than 10 partitions for the mailboxes in
> /home kind of ruins the above plan.
Of course you need only one Partition over all available space on each
hard disk. You use this partition to create a physical volume. All
physical volumes go into your one and only mail volume group.
HTH,
Hans Peter
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