On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 21:08:35 -0500
Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream:
> I want to use this drive to boot several versions of linux. If I can
> get a cheap copy of XP, I will want to put that on there, too. I will
> use most of this drive as a big storage unit for:
> 1. All those mp3's which my family loads off the internet (five
> people can fill up a hard drive fast with mp3's).
> 2. Backing up my home network.
> 3. I will back up the working partitions (linux, XP) to another
computer on
> my home network.
> Joel
>
Have you thought about using LVM? I'd keep a small /boot (15-20Mb) with
an initrd which basically runs vgscan then vgchange -a y. Then as you
fill a volume, you just add another chunk.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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