2016-09-01 15:21 GMT+03:00 Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk>: > On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 12:09:09 +0300, gevisz wrote: > >> > Have you considered LVM? You get the benefits of separate filesystems >> > without the limitations of inflexible partitioning. >> >> I am afraid of LVM because of the same reason as described below: >> >> returning to the "old good times" of MS DOS 6.22, I do remember that >> working then on 40MB (yes, megabytes) hard drive I used some program >> that compressed all the data before saving them on that hard drive. >> Unfortunately, one day, because of the corruption, I lost all the data >> on that hard drive. Since then, I am very much afraid of compressed or >> encrypted hard drives. > > LVM is neither encrypted nor compressed. The filesystems on it are no > different to the filesystems on physical partitions, and subject to the > same risks. An LVM logical volume is just a block device that is treated > the same as a physical partition on a non-LVM setup.
Thank you for the explanation, I have also just refreshed my memory about LVM before replying to you but still can not see any reason why I may need LVM on an external hard drive... > Sp far, you have come up with reasons, good or otherwise, for not taking > each of the available choices. You need to decide what you really need > and what is important to you. Only then can you decide on the best > arrangement for your needs. > > Neil Bothwick > > Evolution stops when stupidity is no longer fatal! :)
