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Neil Bothwick writes: |
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> On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:04:17 -0400, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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>> > Putting it on a logical volume is one advantage, allowing /usr to be |
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>> > resized should the need arise. |
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>> Why not allow / to be resized entirely? You probably will take the |
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>> machine off-line anyway. |
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> Because you can't boot from an LV, so you'd than need a separate /boot |
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> and an initramfs. Without LVM, you are unlikely to be able to resize / |
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> or /usr as it is not usually the last partition on the drive. |
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Isn't it possible now with grub2?. I think it can read inside LVM |
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partitions. I have not personally tested it but I have a RAID system |
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with no separate /boot partition — a close case. |
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Alberto |
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