Re: [gentoo-user] LVM (Was: the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?))

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Bill Longman wrote:
> 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.
>
>    

Yep, I read about others having problems and loosing data.

Dale

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