On Thu, 10 Mar 2011, Troy Dawson wrote:
> If these are beginning linux admins who don't know about partitions,
> or haven't done linux partitioning, then you shouldn't do LVM first.
> You should teach them about partitions, and the general layout of
> Linux partitions. Your general windows admin isn't going to know
> about /boot or swap partitions. Your general unix admin will know
> about how his version of unix partitioning, and will appreciate
> knowing what partitions linux should have. And if they aren't an
> admin, then they aren't going to know about partitions at all.
>
> If this is a bunch of Debian admins wanting to know RedHat, then go
> straight to LVM.
i've decided i can combine the best of both worlds. given that
/boot is still allocated as a regular primary partition, i can use
that to talk about partitions, while still using LVM for the remainder
of the disk layout. i think that will solve the problem.
rday
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