From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1R1Zpq-0003z4-Vf for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:19:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 05E1F21C331; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:19:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC7AC21C31F for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:18:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B8F61B4024 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:18:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.683 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.683 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.084, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id iL+Xuc2NSabV for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:18:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FD061B401D for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:18:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R1ZoS-0007ts-D8 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:18:20 +0200 Received: from eps142.cdf.udc.es ([193.144.52.142]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:18:20 +0200 Received: from aluaces by eps142.cdf.udc.es with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:18:20 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Alberto Luaces Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: /dev/sda* missing at boot Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:17:35 +0200 Message-ID: <87vct378hv.fsf@eps142.cdf.udc.es> References: <201108191109.34984.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20110907050952.GA2588@linux1> <4E66FFFA.2020600@gmail.com> <201109071923.39954.Dan.Johansson@dmj.nu> <20110907235457.691be720@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <20110908005500.58ef10fa@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <8762l38oxp.fsf@eps142.cdf.udc.es> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: eps142.cdf.udc.es User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:UHiF+Orw7dbxSLcT/wddAwVGCEY= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 1d10606c9f310b842f322bf846e0fb39 Alberto Luaces writes: > Neil Bothwick writes: > >> On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:04:17 -0400, Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s wrote= : >> >>> > Putting it on a logical volume is one advantage, allowing /usr to b= e >>> > resized should the need arise. =20 >>>=20 >>> Why not allow / to be resized entirely? You probably will take the >>> machine off-line anyway. >> >> Because you can't boot from an LV, so you'd than need a separate /boot >> and an initramfs. Without LVM, you are unlikely to be able to resize / >> or /usr as it is not usually the last partition on the drive. >> > > Isn't it possible now with grub2?. I think it can read inside LVM > partitions. I have not personally tested it but I have a RAID system > with no separate /boot partition =E2=80=94 a close case. Ah, you mean without initramfs. --=20 Alberto