Re: Great Debian experience
On Fri, 21 Mar 2014, Ken Heard wrote:
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> On 2014-03-21 00:30, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Mar 2014, Ken Heard wrote:
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> >> [snip] I never did get LVM going on top of RAID1. Since I had to
> >> use an mini-ITX box there would not be room in it for more than
> >> the two hard drives already there and used for the RAID1. I
> >> consequently made a virtue out of necessity by deciding that I
> >> did not need LVM. If ever I need more hard drive space it will
> >> have to be external.
> >
> > I'm curious. Why would you want to use LVM with such a set up?
> > Seems pointless. Not advantageous. For a non-server situation.
> > Even if you do add additional hard drives (externally), they can be
> > mounted and used effectively by conventional means.
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> As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I made a virtue out of
> necessity and convinced myself that I did not really need it. If ever
> I need to expand hard drive capacity I will do what you suggest in
> your last sentence.
Maybe, this link will help do what you originally wanted to. It's for
a 3 hard drive RAID though which might be more helpful in the long run.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Software_RAID_and_LVM
I'm sure there's a Debian HOWTO for the same thing, but the Arch Linux
wikis are more detailed and thorough, and fairly generic.
Good luck.
B
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