Re: [gentoo-dev] documenting using LVM during the install.

[Terje Kvernes <terjekv@math.uio.no>]

Jon Nelson <jnelson@jamponi.net> writes:

> Terje Kvernes <terjekv@math.uio.no> wrote:
> 
> > I'm currently writing some documentation with regards to
> > installing Gentoo using LVM, and I wondered if people would like
> > me to produce it as an additional document or as a part of
> > build.xml.  the steps that would be touched are partitions (like
> > mentioning 8e as the type) and the lvm-commands themselves.  also
> > the copying of /etc/lvmtab to /mnt/gentoo/etc/lvmtab, which I
> > forgot last time, and which _really_ cost me a lot of grief.
> > 
> > I am _not_ going to go into having / (or /boot) on a PV (ie, they
> > will be normal partitions).  I honestly never saw the big point,
> > and it is too much hassle when it breaks.  besides, I don't want
> > to document initrd with friends, especially as I don't use them
> > myself.
> 
> Agree with you 100% -- just let me know privately and I'll help if I
> can -- I've run LVM for quite some time now, and am familiar with
> using it as well.

  it'll be a seperate file, I'm rather sure about that.  for a teaser:

  <url: http://terje.kvernes.no/lvm.html >

-- 
Terje