[UbuntuWomen] New version

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Wednesday 13 May 2009 2:37:25 pm Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Akkana Peck:
> > That doesn't address making new partitions if your disk isn't already
> > partitioned that way
> 
> These days, LVM means you don't have to do even that. My disks tend to
> consist of one 250MB /boot partition (enough space for distribution-
> specific kernels) and a large LVM hunk, split into logical volumes as
> needed. Works like a charm, these days.
> 
> And, let's face it, online-resizing partitions is just plain fun,
> at least compared to The Olde Ways. :-P

After seeing LVM trash a friend's ext3 filesystems twice in a month, I do NOT 
trust that stuff.  I asked Valerie Aurora about it, and she said to just stay 
away from volume managers and go bare metal.

-- 
Mackenzie Morgan
http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com
apt-get moo
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