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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS
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Joost Roeleveld wrote:
> On Friday 08 April 2011 16:30:03 Dale wrote:
>
>>
>> The naming I was talking about was sort of like a label. I wanted to
>> use test, where I might use say data in real use, but ended up with this:
>>
>> root@fireball / # df
>> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
>> << SNIP>>
>> /dev/mapper/sdb--vg-test
>> 51606140 184268 48800432 1% /mnt/temp
>> root@fireball / #
>>
>> I don't mind the sdb--vg part tho. I guess that sort of points to what
>> all is needed to get to that point. Might come in handy if I needed to
>> remove something tho. Sort of tells me what is what.
>>
> True :)
> I tend to start my VGs with "vg_<something>". That way I know what they're
> for.
> Also, it's a good idea to not name them "vg" as then you can get naming
> conflicts if you ever put the drive into another machine that also has a VG
> called that.
>
> As example for the way I name them:
> vg_<hostname>.
> On my server, I actually have 2 Volume Groups. One for the OS-parts (including
> VMs) and the other for the data.
>
>
I wish it was like file system labels but I guess any clues is better
than nothing.
>> I did try to mount it before putting a file system on it. I sort of
>> missed that part somewhere. I knew it needed it, just forgot to do it.
>> Mount sort of puked on my keyboard to remind me. lol
>>
> Hehe :)
> I forget as well sometimes.
>
>
>> Whew !! Progress. Oh, someone posted a link to a site that had
>> pictures. That helped a good bit. It needed more detail tho. I'm
>> going to do some google image searches and see what I can find.
>>
> I think I posted more then 1 link, actually :)
>
>
>> Thanks much.
>>
> You're welcome
>
> --
> Joost
>
You did. I think a couple of them had some pictures to but google image
search found some more that helped. Of course, reading the commands to
see how they work helped too. I just needed a picture to see how this
was built up.
I learned a lot in the past couple days. Still don't want my OS on it
tho. ;-)
Dale
:-) :-)