Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

[Dale]

Joost Roeleveld wrote:
> On Thursday 07 April 2011 15:41:00 Joost Roeleveld wrote:
>
>> On Thursday 07 April 2011 14:31:43 Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:21:33 +0200, Joost Roeleveld wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think Dale will probably succeed in breaking it :)
>>>>
>>>> Dale, this comment isn't meant as an insult. I honestly think you
>>>> would
>>>> be perfect for some QA or Testing job :)
>>>>
>>> But not on any project you wanted to finish on time ;-)
>>>
>> LOL :)
>> Seriously, if all the Open Source developers would make the software
>> reliable enough to pass his testing methods, there wouldn't be any grounds
>> for discussion :)
>> It would just work, always....
>>
>> --
>> Joost
>>
>> PS. I actually enjoy having people on the list with different levels and
>> types of experience. I think I probably learn more stuff via questions from
>> so-called "beginners" then from the "old-timers" ;)
>>
> Actually, thinking about it.
> Dale, please do try what Neil suggested. Preferably also document what you do
> so we have a few test cases :)
>
> --
> Joost
>
>
>

I did this many years ago.  When I built my very first rig, I installed 
Mandriva.  Don't shoot me, I hadn't heard of Gentoo yet.  I only knew 
about Redhat and Mandriva at the time.  Anyway, I had one heck of a time 
installing the nvidia drivers.  Lots of people had issues where their 
GUI wouldn't come back up when they installed the drivers.  So, since I 
was a "fool" at the time, I made notes and such as to how I did mine.  
When it worked, I did a howto on it from a "fools" point of view.  I put 
it on about three different sites.  LQ, JL and one other one.  It had a 
HUGE amount of views.  If followed, it worked.  I think me explaining 
from a beginners perspective helped a lot of people, plus I tried to 
keep it simple, like me.  lol

I think some of the reason I haven't grasped LVM is that it is somewhat 
complicated and it is explained by folks that know the nuts and bolts of 
it.  It's like explaining Gentoo Linux to a windoze user who has never 
seen Linux or even knows what a kernel is.

I'm still looking up howtos in hope of having a light bulb moment.  I'll 
have one, it's just a matter of when.

Alex, I saw your post.  I read it a couple times already and am trying 
to grasp it before replying.  It has a lot of good info.  May take me a 
bit.

Dale

:-)  :-)