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