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Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:49:55 -0500
From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS
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Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:28:40 -0500, Dale wrote:
>
>
>>>> I want to do it this way because I don't trust LVM enough to put my
>>>> OS on. Just my personal opinion on LVM.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This doesn't make sense. Your OS can be reinstalled in an hour or two,
>>> your photos etc. are irreplaceable.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> It does to me. I want to keep things so that if there is a problem, I
>> know how to fix it or can at least get to a point that I can get help
>> on it. If LVM fails and I can't boot, then I loose everything on LVM
>> because I would have to reinstall from scratch. If it fails just on my
>> data stuff, I can get help and fix it because I can still boot up and
>> get to my email program.
>>
> We have these things called live CDs and webmail :P
>
> Bear in mind that LVM has been around for years. It is proven and
> reliable. Once setup, you don't have to touch it, so you can't break
> it. The least trustworthy part of your system remains the user.
>
>
>
Since I have no experience with LVM, that is the part I am worried
about. If I knew everything you, Alan, Joost and others knew, I'd just
install everything on it and hope for the best. I'm concerned that if
something did go wrong and I couldn't get help, I'd loose everything. I
don't have any way to back up this much data. I hate webmail. I guess
I could but that would just get on my nerves something bad.
Why is it that whenever I think I have found a good drive that is in the
1 to 2Tb range, it has awful reviews? Things like DOA, died after a few
hours, days or weeks of use. This has me concerned. I have yet to have
a drive go bad but are they making crap nowadays or what?
Dale
:-) :-)