On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:07:23 -0500, Dale wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/sda* missing at boot:
> Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 11 Sep 2011 19:56:48 Dale wrote: > > > > I always have /boot on a separate partition and it is always ext2. > > So, that is done. I also have a 200Mb /boot partition. It > > sometimes gets about half full but I could just clean out old > > kernels more often. I could always make /boot larger too. > > It seems that I'm gonna have fun with a 35M /boot soon (and no LVM > > of course). ;-) > > I'm doing some thinking and reading. I'm either going to go back to > a rpm based thing and let something besides me deal with the init* > stuff IMO, better to use Debian or Slackware. I went through "RPM Hell" back in the days when I ran S.u.S.E. (complete with full-stops in the name) and I will never go back. > or stick around and dive into this init* crap and add LVM on > top. Watch this space. You might read something to your advantage in the next few days. > /boot would be the only thing not on LVM. Well, /boot cannot be on LVM, as the BIOS does not know about logical volumes. > This makes me > nervous as heck tho. I have read where if something goes wrong, you > can lose everything. It's no worse than a normal partitioning system, just more flexible. [Of course, that also means that it is more flexible for you to destroy your DASD farm yourself.] > I'm hoping I can make mine simple enough that I > can manage any problems even if I can get no outside help. From what > I have read, usually it's when you can't figure out how to fix it > that you lose everything. Same as partitions: just keep backups. I have some scripts that generate LVM rebuild scripts. These scan the current logical volumes and generate lvcreate commands into a script that can rebuild your LVM set-up in seconds. You (or anybody else) are welcome to a copy if you wish. After that, back up the contents using tar, dar, cpio or whatever your favourite archiving tool happens to be. -- Regards, Dave [RLU #314465] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* dwn...@ntlworld.com (David W Noon) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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