Re: How to get away with small /var partition
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 09:54:55 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 07:01:20AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote
>
>> Incidentally, I don't know why you'd "blow away" your system just
>> to do an upgrade. Obviously, if you do that, you're going to be
>> reinstalling everything anyway.
>
> I use separate partitions for the OS and my data. That way, I can
> blow away the old version of the OS, and install the new version,
> without touching my personal data. I have found out "the hard way",
> that upgrading OS versions "in situ" tends to cause more problems than
> simply wiping it out and installing the new one. My worry about LVM is
Maybe with more primitive distributions, but not with Debian. If you are
using apt-get update and dist-upgrade on a regular basis, then you are
incrementally upgrading your system anyway.
> that if LVM depends on the OS/kernel to exist, then when the old OS is
> wiped, the "logical volume" holding my personal data ceases to exist.
I don't really understand what you're getting at. But anyway, LVM is
quite safe. I would make a small non-LVM root, then break out other
filesystems as you see fit.
LVM really is very good. There are two Debian packages: lvm10 and lvm2.
I personally use lvm10 and won't start using lvm2 until the package
description indicates that it is really production-ready.
There is also a webmin module for LVM which is quite useful for some
tasks.
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