Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

[Dale]

Joost Roeleveld wrote:
> On Friday 08 April 2011 08:40:18 Dale wrote:
>
>> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:42:59 -0500, Dale wrote:
>>>
>>>> Little light bulb here.  physical volume is the same as a physical
>>>> drive?  If I understand it correctly, it is the whole thing
>>>> unpartitioned.
>>>>
>>> No. A physical volume is an area of disk. It can be the whole disk but
>>> it
>>> more usually a partition.
>>>
>> Ooooh.  Still some progress tho.  lol  So, if I was going to use LVM, I
>> create a partition first, either whole drive or part of it then use LVM
>> on that?
>>
> Yes. correct. Don't forget to set the partition type to "Linux LVM" (8e).
>

That would be done in cfdisk I presume.  I think that is where I saw that.

>
>> Then comes in the rest of the stuff that I am still trying to
>> get a grip on.
>>
> I'm confident you'll get there.
>

One of these days.

>
>> This reminds me of catching a catfish.  It's slimy and hard to get a
>> grip on.  lol
>>
> So are most fish, I believe...
> Do you fish with your bare hands?
>
> --
> Joost
>
>

I love to fish.  I have issues with stress which is why I try to avoid 
it when I can so fishing is good for me plus I like to eat fish.  I fish 
with a rod and a hook but they usually don't like when you start pulling 
the hook out.  He tends to want to get away.  That's where the slimy 
part comes in.  I'm not sure where you are from but in some parts of the 
USA, some bright people do fish with their hands, usually very large 
catfish too.  I saw it on TV and I wish I could catch one of those, even 
if I would need a new rod.  A fish that size would likely break my rod 
unless I was using the deep sea fishing rod.  Those fish weigh 30 lbs 
and some LOTS more.  It's like pulling a teenager out of the water.  
O_O  They are big.

OK.  Back to LVM.  lol

Dale

:-)  :-)