Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 500 meg / partition (including /boot) *WITHOUT USING LVM*
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:27:42
Message-Id: 20070902201502.4e612739@krikkit.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] 500 meg / partition (including /boot) *WITHOUT USING LVM* by Walter Dnes
1 Hello Walter Dnes,
2
3 > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
4 > /dev/sda1 1 60801 488384001 5 Extended
5 > /dev/sda5 1 62 497952 83 Linux
6 > /dev/sda6 63 549 3911796 82 Linux swap
7 > /dev/sda7 550 60801 483974158+ 83 Linux
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9 What's wrong with making sda7 an LVM partition? Then you can allocate
10 space to the various directories as you wish.
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12 One disadvantage of your system that springs immediately to mind is that
13 if a user manages to fill /home, it will stop the whole system working
14 properly because /var is also full.
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17 --
18 Neil Bothwick
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20 Top Oxymorons Number 11: Terribly pleased

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Re: [gentoo-user] 500 meg / partition (including /boot) *WITHOUT USING LVM* Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>