Re: A question about /srv partition
A question: I have /boot and / both as separate partitions, can I put
them under LVM? Is it dangerous to do so?
On Apr 4, 2005 12:23 AM, Junpei Xia <xiajunpei@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot for your advice, let me give it a try:)
>
> On Apr 3, 2005 11:46 PM, Cameron Hutchison <camh+dl@xdna.net> wrote:
> > Once upon a time Roberto C. Sanchez said...
> > > Junpei Xia wrote:
> > > >Thanks. I am new to LVM, I read LVM howto, but a bit confusing for me.
> > > >Should I do LVM at install time, i.e, when I do the disk partitioning,
> > > >or after I have installed system with a normally partitioning?
> > >
> > > I would do it at install time. It is much easier than trying to convert
> > > your system after the fact.
> >
> > Definately at install time if you have that option.
> >
> > For a single disk system, this is what I typically do:
> >
> > 1) Partition the disk using the standard partion tool as:
> > /dev/hda1 - root filesystem (typically about 250MB)
> > /dev/hda2 - swap
> > /dev/hda3 - rest of disk, partition type LVM
> >
> > 2) Create a physical volume on /dev/hda3
> >
> > 3) Create a volume group on the /dev/hda3 physical volume
> >
> > 4) Create logical volumes in that volume group:
> > /dev/vg0/usr
> > /dev/vg0/var
> > /dev/vg0/tmp
> > /dev/vg0/local - /usr/local
> > /dev/vg0/home
> > /dev/vg0/src - /usr/src (if you build your own kernels)
> > /dev/vg0/data - /data (I put mostly multimedia files, CD images,
> > vmware disk images, etc here, to keep my home
> > directory manageable for backups)
> >
> > 5) Initialise each partition (both root and logical volumes) with a
> > filesystem and select their mountpoints.
> >
> > I like to keep root off LVM so I dont need an initrd image to boot. It
> > keeps things a little simpler.
> >
> >
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> Best Regards,
> Junpei Xia
>
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Best Regards,
Junpei Xia
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