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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:33:40
Message-Id: 20111126233223.43665073@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...? by Alex Schuster
1 On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:01:07 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:
2
3 > > Seriously, LVM looks mighty nice, but it also looks (and is!) mighty
4 > > complex.
5 >
6 > I really don't think so. pvcreate <partition> creates a physical volume,
7 > vgcreate <vgname> <partition> starts a volume group, and lvcreate -n
8 > <name> -L <size> <vgname> creates a logical volume that you can use as
9 > if it were a physical partition.
10
11 The problem people have with LVM is not working with PVs, VGs and LVs, it
12 is understanding what they are and how they fit together. Once that is
13 clear, the system becomes as simple as you stated.
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17 Neil Bothwick
18
19 I cna ytpe 300 wrods pre mniuet!!!

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