In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:22:41 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >> >>> I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put my OS >>> on. Just my personal opinion on LVM. >>> >> This doesn't make sense. Your OS can be reinstalled in an hour or two, >> your photos etc. are irreplaceable. >> >> > > It does to me. I want to keep things so that if there is a problem, I > know how to fix it or can at least get to a point that I can get help on > it. If LVM fails and I can't boot, then I loose everything on LVM > because I would have to reinstall from scratch. If it fails just on my > data stuff, I can get help and fix it because I can still boot up and > get to my email program. Also, I have the important stuff backed up to > DVD. I would only loose things that I can download again. I would just > rather avoid that and I'm sure AT&T would agree. That's a lot of > downloading.
I have all my partitions on LVM except the boot partition. I've used LVM for more years than I could count and have *never* had a failure related to LVM. I backup my machines to an external drive (2 backup drives actually) using rsync. If I have a failure and cannot boot then I just put in my Gentoo Minimal CD (which has all the LVM tools available) and I can fix the damage. If the damage isn't fixable then I can just copy over the backups. LVM snapshots make live backups a breeze. Backups are always in a consistent state and I've tested them and they *work*. -- Regards, Gregory.
