Partitioning Question

[Tony Arnold]

On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 08:07 +0200, Ron Smits wrote:
> Nothing wrong with using LVM, allthough it will slow your diskoperations
> down a bit.

Really? Any idea by how much and why?

>  also if the OP indeed goes to another install he would have
> to duplicate the lvm setup if he wants to acess files on the old
> install.

What would he have to do? If you take a set of disks that comprise a
volume group to a different machine, don't the VGs and LVs just appear
to the system and they need mounting?

Having said that I would think the flexibility LVM gives you over fixed
partitions far outweighs the above disadvantages.

Regards,
Tony.
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