Re: [gentoo-user] advice regarding LVM needed
Am Montag, 15. September 2003 18:12 schrieb ext Gour: > Dirk Heinrichs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Both LVM2 and EVMS2 use Sistina's Device Mapper which has been > > integrated into 2.6 in favor of LVM1. > > What do you recommend: LVM2 or EVMS2 since both use the same Device > Mapper? Depends on what you want to achieve. If you just want logical volumes, LVM (I ommit the "2") is fine. EVMS gives you much more. It handles the whole process from partitioning to fs creation in one single program (either ncurses or gtk based). It also has so called feature plugins, which perform special tasks on a per volume basis (i.e. I use the BBR plugins on all volumes on a laptop). Maybe you should take a look at http://evms.sourceforge.net and decide for yourself. OTOH, you could just start with LVM and switch over to EVMS later. It has a plugin for LVM volumes. HTH... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)151 1513 6954 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Cap Gemini Ernst & Young| Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hambornerstraße 55 | Web: http://www.cgey.com D-40472 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] advice regarding LVM needed
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Both EVMS2 and LVM2 are backwards-compatible with LVM1 and the volumes generated by it. Stroller wrote: | | On 15 Sep 2003, at 2:05 pm, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: | |> Am Montag, 15. September 2003 15:04 schrieb Collins Richey: |> |>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the 2.6 kernel dropped support |>> for |>> LVM, and thus EVMS is now the only way to fly? |> |> |> Both LVM2 and EVMS2 use Sistina's Device Mapper which has been integrated |> into 2.6 in favor of LVM1. | | | Sorry. I don't understand what you just said. 8-\ | I think LVM2 is supposed to be backwards compatible with LVM1. Is that | right..? | | Stroller. - -- Matthew Vaughn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Writing and the Graphic Arts http://www.nethershaw.com AIM: Nethershaw MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 111649881 GnuPG Key ID: 0C02F6B0 available from http://www.keyserver.net Key fingerprint = 06E9 EA0F AF06 0521 21D8 5AC9 2154 0965 0C02 F6B0 Signed and encrypted mail is encouraged. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ZlTFIVQJZQwC9rARAmjEAJ0ckUT3O2ahBXk5coo3/S9osxhY4wCeMGNA X7avzwoITJZefVFqEeD00NA= =rU25 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] advice regarding LVM needed
On 15 Sep 2003, at 2:05 pm, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Montag, 15. September 2003 15:04 schrieb Collins Richey: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the 2.6 kernel dropped support for LVM, and thus EVMS is now the only way to fly? Both LVM2 and EVMS2 use Sistina's Device Mapper which has been integrated into 2.6 in favor of LVM1. Sorry. I don't understand what you just said. 8-\ I think LVM2 is supposed to be backwards compatible with LVM1. Is that right..? Stroller. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] advice regarding LVM needed
Dirk Heinrichs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Both LVM2 and EVMS2 use Sistina's Device Mapper which has been integrated > into 2.6 in favor of LVM1. What do you recommend: LVM2 or EVMS2 since both use the same Device Mapper? Sincerely, Gour -- Gour [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #278493 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] advice regarding LVM needed
Am Montag, 15. September 2003 15:04 schrieb Collins Richey: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the 2.6 kernel dropped support for > LVM, and thus EVMS is now the only way to fly? Both LVM2 and EVMS2 use Sistina's Device Mapper which has been integrated into 2.6 in favor of LVM1. HTH... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)151 1513 6954 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Cap Gemini Ernst & Young| Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hambornerstraße 55 | Web: http://www.cgey.com D-40472 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] advice regarding LVM needed
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:45:07 -0500 Stephen Boulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been very happy with LVM. I have /root on reiserfs and /boot on ext2, > but all my other partitions are on LVM and are reiserfs: > > > I don't know how representative my experiences have been, but I ended up > assigning too much space to the /tmp and /var partitions by following the > guide. YMMV. > > With reiserfs, shrinking a partition isn't hard at all. > > In general, I'm very happy with my setup. I've both grown and shrunk > partitions, and it was easy. > > Good luck. > > -- Stephen > > On Monday 15 September 2003 02:16 am, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Am Montag, 15. September 2003 08:57 schrieb Gour: > > > Today I'm going to trash my old IBM HD (together with SuSE :-) and > > > install a new one, so I'm thinking about LVM install. > > > > > > Do you recommend it for two HDs (120G & 80G) install on home machine? > > > > Yes, why not? I'd use EVMS, though. > > > > > > I've got a some shell code to create an initrd for EVMS, which you could > > use as starting point for your own, if you want. > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the 2.6 kernel dropped support for LVM, and thus EVMS is now the only way to fly? -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] advice regarding LVM needed
I've been very happy with LVM. I have /root on reiserfs and /boot on ext2, but all my other partitions are on LVM and are reiserfs: FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 2.9G 243M 2.6G 9% / /dev/vg/usr10G 6.5G 3.6G 65% /usr /dev/vg/usr_local 10G 4.9G 5.2G 49% /usr/local /dev/vg/home 30G 18G 13G 60% /home /dev/vg/opt 2.0G 1.7G 330M 84% /opt /dev/vg/var 8.0G 2.3G 5.8G 29% /var /dev/vg/tmp 3.0G 322M 2.7G 11% /tmp none 252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda1 99M 9.3M 85M 10% /boot I don't know how representative my experiences have been, but I ended up assigning too much space to the /tmp and /var partitions by following the guide. YMMV. With reiserfs, shrinking a partition isn't hard at all. In general, I'm very happy with my setup. I've both grown and shrunk partitions, and it was easy. Good luck. -- Stephen On Monday 15 September 2003 02:16 am, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Montag, 15. September 2003 08:57 schrieb Gour: > > Today I'm going to trash my old IBM HD (together with SuSE :-) and > > install a new one, so I'm thinking about LVM install. > > > > Do you recommend it for two HDs (120G & 80G) install on home machine? > > Yes, why not? I'd use EVMS, though. > > > In Gentoo's LVM docs it is recommended NOT to put > > /etc > > /lib > > /mnt > > /proc > > /sbin > > /dev > > /root > > > > in LVM partition. > > Hmm, the list above combines to /. So unless you use an initrd to do the > volume discovery at boot time, you should leave /boot and / on standard > partitions, the rest can be on LVM volumes. However, if you think you'll > need to resize / anytime in the future, use an initrd and put / on LVM > also. > > I've got a some shell code to create an initrd for EVMS, which you could > use as starting point for your own, if you want. > > HTH... > > Dirk -- Stephen From here to there and there to here, funny things are everywhere. -- Dr Seuss -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] advice regarding LVM needed
Am Montag, 15. September 2003 08:57 schrieb Gour: > Today I'm going to trash my old IBM HD (together with SuSE :-) and > install a new one, so I'm thinking about LVM install. > > Do you recommend it for two HDs (120G & 80G) install on home machine? Yes, why not? I'd use EVMS, though. > In Gentoo's LVM docs it is recommended NOT to put > /etc > /lib > /mnt > /proc > /sbin > /dev > /root > > in LVM partition. Hmm, the list above combines to /. So unless you use an initrd to do the volume discovery at boot time, you should leave /boot and / on standard partitions, the rest can be on LVM volumes. However, if you think you'll need to resize / anytime in the future, use an initrd and put / on LVM also. I've got a some shell code to create an initrd for EVMS, which you could use as starting point for your own, if you want. HTH... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)151 1513 6954 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Cap Gemini Ernst & Young| Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hambornerstraße 55 | Web: http://www.cgey.com D-40472 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: signature
