From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KPrDn-000811-83 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:58:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9BEDDE02CB; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 03:58:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yw-out-1718.google.com (yw-out-1718.google.com [74.125.46.154]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76E55E02CB for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 03:58:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 5so1024251ywm.46 for ; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:58:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:received :received:message-id:x-priority:date:from:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:user-agent:x-originating-ip :x-remote-browser; bh=/dgvvEduCTdPoR4E06qEB3eYjt0gImi7L/PddNajnOY=; b=ZvZFVm70W8v+C71FtVDLWISUiUSLTGDNfFFO6RnpUZqRhhLYrn23ZLy1CwJeVjKNQ6 UvJAPYNdHx2rKSJNnfkpARL8hKbWxDJa6OibdiZ7qUvBIDZi3s4uprK3wFH+kERc1kZJ zmu0O5CVRLBzXKUdtyVbntBUsaTBU8hHJAUsk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:x-priority:date:from:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:user-agent:x-originating-ip :x-remote-browser; b=sQNI7CFrcI0fq3vm6KxU0B9EjTlyhX7YFnAobFlEIydh1cTlQmnSRCTQiEh8KPfRpS HCcgv71PMOWlBN8mUn+GzUDDvymDD4r62Ik25mqjRhNPGKICctauwlzE5ygz3pMW+Qzd GuXJESCWxuxBKYLtV9ZbC0k6msJe6djDwKikY= Received: by 10.150.121.3 with SMTP id t3mr7457452ybc.179.1217822336252; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:58:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.bensa.ar ( [190.190.71.7]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm6445773ywo.7.2008.08.03.20.58.53 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:58:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.bensa.ar (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80E8098C8E; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 03:59:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.bensa.ar ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zeddmore.bensa.ar [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id z4VUio+40OoU; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:59:00 -0300 (ART) Received: from localhost (zeddmore.bensa.ar [192.168.1.1]) by smtp.bensa.ar (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6590098BB1; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:59:00 -0300 (ART) Received: from melnitz.bensa.ar (melnitz.bensa.ar [192.168.1.201]) by mail.bensa.ar (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:59:00 -0300 Message-ID: <20080804005900.gtjw03k1wg800g0g@mail.bensa.ar> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:59:00 -0300 From: Norberto Bensa To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Advice about setting up split home directory References: <7bef1f890808030500s3f6ccf52sa9e06be69f6bacd@mail.gmail.com> <489600C1.3010700@usa.net> In-Reply-To: <489600C1.3010700@usa.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.6) X-Originating-IP: 192.168.1.201 X-Remote-Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008072510 (Gentoo) Firefox/3.0.1 X-Archives-Salt: 293526c5-5178-4056-88a0-c1b206b2c17e X-Archives-Hash: 77e1811cbe55945b9e0cf2573bf78dec Quoting Josh Cepek : > Personally I'd suggest using LVM for this ++ > 1) ++ > 2) ++ > 3) You can easily migrate between hard drives while the system is > online by moving LV's from one Physical Volume (PV) (eg: a hard disk) > to another. --!! Have you ever tried that? I've almost killed both hard drives doing an on-line migration to a bigger HD. I wouldn't recommend it. > > 4) ++ > LVM is worth a look, ++!!! > /tmp, but I use tmpfs for that.) It's possible to do LVM on the / > partition, but that requires an initrd to work properly. > > Josh You can use genkernel for that. Just configure your kernel as always, adding initrd features and then: genkernel --lvm [your-options] Easy. Regards, Norberto ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.