>>> 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?
Not in secondary and external drives, from which I do not boot. > Besides, if you use the rest as a single partition, is > that possible to create separate partitions for /var /usr etc? Yes, of course: the partition dedicated to LVM is then carved into a bunch of "logical volumes". In my case I usually have one for swap, one for / and one for /home. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org