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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] LVM (Was: the best filesystem for server: XFS or
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On 03/24/2011 11:17 AM, Dale wrote:
> kashani wrote:
>> On 3/24/2011 10:19 AM, Dale wrote:
>>>
>>> I have never used LVM but when it messes up after a upgrade, as has
>>> happened to many others, see if you say the same thing. I hope your
>>> backups are good and they can restore.
>>>
>>> Dale
>>
>> Meh, boot a liveCD and fix it which took all of 15 minutes. I
>> don't see that as a failing of LVM, but of Gentoo for lack of another
>> culprit. You can only roll your OS forward in so many ways before you
>> have to do a little offline plumbing. May as well complain that you
>> had to shutdown your machine to put in more RAM.
>>
>> kashani
>>
>>
>
> I researched using LVM a good while back. The reason I didn't was what
> I posted. It is prone to problems that are difficult if not impossible
> to correct. I may not have data that is worth much but I don't want to
> loose it either way.
>
> People that have read these posts can't plead ignorance.
Yet you, who "have never used LVM" *can* plead knowledge?
Uh....something's really wrong in this formula.