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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:02:40
Message-Id: 20110409110103.6fd6540a@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS by Peter Humphrey
1 On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:43:12 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
2
3 > > No matter how many drives you have, I doubt you'll need more than one
4 > > volume group.
5 >
6 > ...although I did find not long ago that a second VG for another,
7 > temporary distro kept things tidy.. This is not to contradict you
8 > though.
9
10 Oh yes, and I have two VGs on my desktop, because I want to keep backups
11 completely separate. But for the usage Dale has mentioned, one VG is
12 best. If for no other reason that multiple VGs reduce the flexibility of
13 LVM.
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17 Neil Bothwick
18
19 We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million
20 typewriters will eventually reproduce the works of Shakespeare.
21 Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.

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Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>