also sprach Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> [2007.10.10.0102 +0100]: > I didn't see any _partition_ option on Etch's installer. If you want > partitions of a raid device, it looks like you need to mark it for use > with LVM. There isn't one. Partitionable arrays are not implemented in partman, and I am not sure whether they'll ever be. Much for the same reasons that you list LVM as a viable alternative, but also because partitionable array device naming is *on crack* and no bootloader I know properly supports partitionable arrays yet. > So other than wishlist items for more features, what's wrong with > LVM as it stands now? Is there any reason not to use it? Is it > better to use cfdisk on itr LVM is fine. I don't see a reason not to use it. But you said it's "perfect", and being the pedantic donkey that I am, I said "you wish" and put a smiley behind it. Nobody's perfect. William Blake came close. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems micro$oft windoze - the best solitaire game you can buy.
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