Alberto Luaces writes: > 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.
Ah, you mean without initramfs. -- Alberto
