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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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Neil Bothwick |
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