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From: Maxim Wexler <maxim.wexler@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] lvm2 questions
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:33:02
Message-Id: a0811460906042132t30325d94u6450c3d3eb4727cd@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] lvm2 questions by Albert Hopkins
1 On 6/4/09, Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
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3 > You'll know if LVM has detected your PVs by running pvdisplay.
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5 Check! Thanks Albert
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7 Another please, from the doc:
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9 "Note: As Terje Kvernes commented, it is easier to increase the size
10 of a partition then to shrink it. You might therefore want to start
11 with smaller partitions and increase their size as needed.
12 Code Listing 2.5: Creating and extending logical volumes"
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14 Then why give the logical volumes any size at all? If they can be
15 expanded at will, why not just the let the files fill them up as much
16 as they need? This point has me stymied.
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18 Maxim

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Re: [gentoo-user] lvm2 questions Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>