LVM and RAID
I would like to propose that the graphical live ISO images
{GNOME,KDE,LXDE,Xfce} include the lvm2 and mdadm packages; currently it
seems that they do not.
I am aware that there is a non-graphical "rescue" image which includes
these packages, but there is no reason why you should have to sacrifice
the window manager in order to have them. Wanting to mount existing
filesystems is not specifically a "rescue" operation. Presumably the
graphical images include the ext{2,3,4} filesystems; why should LVM and
RAID, which are standard for any serious installation, be in a different
category?
These two packages would add about one megabyte each to the size of the
live images. Those images are already too large to fit on a CD, so there
is no particular reason why they could not be made 0.25% larger in order
to include basic mass storage functionality. What is the rationale for
excluding it?
-- Ian Bruce
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