[OCLUG-Tech] linux and virtualization on a macbook pro

2009-11-26 Thread ed stuckems
Folks: Has anyone here successfully installed linux on a macbook pro and dual boot with linux and osx? If so: - what distro did you install? - what were the gatchas? - what boot loader did you use to select between linux and osx? Has anyone been able to get a virtualization layer running on a mac

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Need some advice re: RAID and LVM ?!?

2009-11-26 Thread Damian Gerow
Bryan Larsen wrote: : : > 1) I know I'll be doing something different, and I don't know how much disk : > to allocation to Partition N for Program X. LVM allows me to leave : > unpartitioned space on the drive, and dynamically allocate it as needed. : > (Note that this is a fairly mild benefit, s

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Need some advice re: RAID and LVM ?!?

2009-11-26 Thread Bryan Larsen
1) I know I'll be doing something different, and I don't know how much disk to allocation to Partition N for Program X. LVM allows me to leave unpartitioned space on the drive, and dynamically allocate it as needed. (Note that this is a fairly mild benefit, save in corner cases.) The benefit