From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD7F1381FA for ; Sun, 18 May 2014 00:18:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 018E0E0D72; Sun, 18 May 2014 00:18:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14845E0D6D for ; Sun, 18 May 2014 00:18:29 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqoGAIDvNVMXW5aa/2dsb2JhbABZgwbEB4EXF3SCJgEBBDocMwshExIPBSU3G4de0hkXjwEWgw6BFASPPokPhmGLVYNMIQ X-IPAS-Result: AqoGAIDvNVMXW5aa/2dsb2JhbABZgwbEB4EXF3SCJgEBBDocMwshExIPBSU3G4de0hkXjwEWgw6BFASPPokPhmGLVYNMIQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,753,1389762000"; d="scan'208";a="63126030" Received: from 23-91-150-154.cpe.pppoe.ca (HELO waltdnes.org) ([23.91.150.154]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 17 May 2014 20:18:27 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 17 May 2014 20:18:10 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 20:18:10 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] boot problems Message-ID: <20140518001810.GA2779@waltdnes.org> References: <53746809.9080604@xunil.at> <5374855C.4040203@xunil.at> <537506FE.3090701@xunil.at> <5375DE75.7070501@xunil.at> <5375F141.5080704@gmail.com> 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=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5375F141.5080704@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-Archives-Salt: b5fdfbc5-f75f-47cd-b90b-300a64a37225 X-Archives-Hash: c3151b9e79af91b648b3eff4fb76cb0c On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 01:06:41PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote > > LVM is an excellent solution for what it was designed to do, which is to > deal with stuff like this: > > Oops. I misjudged how big /var/log needed to be and now I need to add > 50G to that partition. But it's sda6 and I have up to sda8. Arggghhhhh! > Now I need 5 hour downtime to play 15-pieces with fdisk. > > LVM makes that 2 commands and 12 seconds. Yes, it's a bit complex and > you have to hold the PV/VG/LV model in your head, but it also *fixes* > the issue with rigid MSDOS partition style. The concept of "Logical Volume Management" is also useful for an encryption/decryption layer on top of an encrypted USB key. lvm2 is a mandatory dependancy for cryptsetup. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications