2009/4/2 Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca>: >> I read something that it is not good for /boot and / to reside on lvm >> partitions. > > Only /boot needs to be on a non-LVM volume. I always partition my root > drives with a 100-200MB /boot partition and the rest as a single > partition devoted to LVM. Actually, I also do that for > secondary&external drives, where the small "boot" partition is simply > left unused (but can come in handy if I ever need to switch drives > around). why is the boot partition left unused, it is supposed to contain kernel images, right? Besides, if you use the rest as a single partition, is that possible to create separate partitions for /var /usr etc? > >> So my question is that how to use debian installer to >> partition the harddrive to suit my purpose? I am pretty familiar with >> normal debian install process but I am new to lvm and am not aware of >> any unexpeced results from lvm Considering I may need to do multi boot >> later on. > > I remember it took me a bit of time to figure out how Debian install's > partitioner handles LVM, but it wasn't too terrible and it was pretty > safe (carefully warning you before doing something that might wipe out > valuable data, and also careful to only wipe out that data that really > needs to be wiped out). Thanks for reminding, I need to be careful with that. > > > Stefan > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
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