Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo LVM Newbie Question

[Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>]

Jarry wrote:
> Alexander Skwar wrote:
> 
>>>I could not resize /usr or /var off-line,
>> 
>> That's wrong. I suppose that those are your ext* fs?
>> If so, you can perfectly fine resize those fs while
>> they are offline.
> 
> I mean I can not resize them off-line because I can not unmount them
> while system is running :-)

Ah, okay, that's how you meant it. In that case, you're right.

>>>Then maybe I should get rid of lvm2...
>> 
>> No. Get rid of ext*. reiser3 and xfs are mature, use those instead.
> 
> Hm, about half year ago I asked which fs to use. I counted
> votes, and ext3 won (reiser was 2nd).

Did I vote? If not, I probably would not have voted for
ext*. Well, actually, I *DO* use ext*. ext2 for /boot and
ext3 for /, as those are FS, which I will close to never ever
resize.

> Nobody mentioned that
> reiserfs can be resized on-line,

I must have missed that thread back then :)

> ext3 not (only off-line).

Well, ext3 *CAN* be resized online, with the appropriate
patches. Would I recommend that? No, I wouldn't, because
I have got no experience with those patches. For the same
reason, I wouldn't recommend to NOT use it.

Alexander Skwar
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