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From: Matthew Kennedy <mkennedy@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] documenting using LVM during the install.
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 21:58:56
Message-Id: 87u1m4ag9s.fsf@gentoo.shacknet.nu
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] documenting using LVM during the install. by Terje Kvernes
1 Terje Kvernes <terjekv@××××××××.no> writes:
2
3 > I'm currently writing some documentation with regards to installing
4 > Gentoo using LVM, and I wondered if people would like me to produce
5 > it as an additional document or as a part of build.xml. the steps
6 > that would be touched are partitions (like mentioning 8e as the
7 > type) and the lvm-commands themselves. also the copying of
8 > /etc/lvmtab to /mnt/gentoo/etc/lvmtab, which I forgot last time, and
9 > which _really_ cost me a lot of grief.
10 >
11 > I am _not_ going to go into having / (or /boot) on a PV (ie, they
12 > will be normal partitions). I honestly never saw the big point, and
13 > it is too much hassle when it breaks. besides, I don't want to
14 > document initrd with friends, especially as I don't use them myself.
15
16 Terje,
17
18 I use LVM with every Gentoo install I perform. If you'd like any
19 help/review/testing let me know, I'd be glad to assist.
20
21 --
22 Matthew Kennedy
23 Gentoo Linux Developer
24 Bugs go to http://bugs.gentoo.org!