Re: Great Debian experience
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On 2014-03-22 02:30, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> 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.
As I had already explained in an earlier post, the one marked above
with the 4 pointers -- >>>> -- I determined that for this particular
installation I could do without LVM. I will however need it in
another installation; so for that one I am looking for more
information. Thanks for the tip.
By the way I agree with you about the Archlinux wikis; I have found
them on the whole better than most other documentation, including some
of Debian's.
Regards, Ken
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