On Friday 22 December 2006 15:09, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > I heard lvm can be used to have partitions whose sizes can be changed > over time in non-destructive way as far as the data is concerned. > 1) Does anyone use this or is it still in an experimental state? It's very stable and is used all over on real production systems. > 2) Are there any good websites which compare lvm against traditional > partitioning? Like what are the advantages, disadvantages of each etc., Other than some issues with needing legacy support for booting and a very slight increase in complexity, there are really no disadvantages. The etch installer will configure LVM for you pretty automatically. > 3) Are there any new ways to have flexible partitions in one hard drive > other than lvm? Yes, but LVM is the most stable and standard way that I know of. As others have mentioned, consult a recent LVM HOWTO for more general information. I would be happy to personally answer and specific questions you may have, although please keep the list CC'd. -- Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net> <xmpp:wjl@icecavern.net> OpenPGP FP: 4135 2A3B 4726 ACC5 9094 0097 F0A9 8A4C 4CD6 E3D2
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