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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:13:07 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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>> I have /boot on a plain ext2 partition, root is also on a |
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>> plain ext4 partition. Everything else, /home, /usr, /var etc is on |
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>> LVM. |
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>> If I hadn't had a separate /usr, I would have had to move things around |
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>> to grow /usr. I've done that in the past and got very tired of doing it |
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>> the hard way. With LVM, it's just a few commands and is done while in |
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>> use even. I don't even have to logout, reboot or anything. That's a |
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>> very good reason for having /usr separate from /. |
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> I'd say it's more a very good reason to put / on LVM too. I used to use a |
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> separate /usr but found no real benefit so I now leave it as part of /. |
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Well, if / is on LVM and /usr needs room, one can just grow / which |
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would increase /usr to, if it is on / and not separate. At the time, I |
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wasn't comfortable putting / or /boot on LVM. I'm not sure it was |
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doable then. I think it required more of the init thingy than I knew |
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how to deal with. It sounds like it may be a lot easier now. Come to |
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think of it, I think I was on the old grub back then. Speaking of, can |
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I get rid of one of these or are both required? If I can remove one, |
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which one? I'm on the new grub and have been for a while. I think I |
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uninstalled the old grub a long time ago. |
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root@fireball / # du -shc /boot/grub* |
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34M /boot/grub |
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6.9M /boot/grub2 |
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41M total |
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root@fireball / # |
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If I can get rid of the plain grub, that would free up some space. The |
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grub2 directory isn't as big but still wouldn't hurt. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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