I'll second/third the LVM approach. I usually just make the whole virtual disk an LVM physical volume then use logical volumes to split up the space as desired. This has always been a very easy, straightforward, and reliable method for me.
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 5:21 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > This seems to be a recurring topic! :) > Check this site: > http://idolinux.blogspot.com/2008/10/perc-raid-and-efi-gpt-wierdness.html > > They discuss using GPT or LVM in a number of ways. > Chris. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of Paul M. Dyer > > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:15 PM > > To: Kevin L. Collins > > Cc: Dell Poweredge list server > > Subject: Re: Large File Systems, GPT, MD1000 > > > > Hi, > > > > I stopped using fdisk on the MD1000 and other large non-boot > > partitions awhile ago. I use LVM and create > > pdisk/vgroup/ldisk. This works better: easier to increase > > the size, blocksizes are bigger, etc. > > > > fdisk doesn't have any easily usable resize options, except > > in Ubuntu. Nevertheless, the issues of alignment between > > fdisk partitions and OS blocks made me want to not use fdisk anymore. > > > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq >
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