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 1Q8CLT-0007F7-BQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:07:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A81FE05A4; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:06:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f53.google.com (mail-gw0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04BB6E05A4 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:06:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj20 with SMTP id 20so1858821gwj.40 for ; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:06:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=D/nHRIyJ2AW6CkGIH9AZcDjJHUvoYzSknnQVd27OiG4=; b=nizSW3t+hO6Y4WFZtlkllWJFlBNHbgiulSkDp8EQDQ/aTzOTsqL0AVU1IVlvLz+jTH SEx+ZXrAbsTdS8SMPyzW5NrzE8qwm2/ClvSw6AWh1+wNREnPZvg+QpIkVMnkqBt/a25p taaL0fnFUki+EmOc/nY+f/diqb4V7NvsJySZA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=nqiUvt28tJPOXqqSSORTFFgKtkgf38jnOWcIzumKhk+2oLCiFVeOyJ8m3x7rB+d+fD zWy4lgzSYNI9P25SEkXIicqWEvXDGiLNw6e3CkU5nLiwo70ErjYMItCHNlbMzz1lWwgc PlZ2fDBh4HxGResfliXkPFklRzZByl6IlyvLc= 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 Received: by 10.150.193.10 with SMTP id q10mr1905174ybf.413.1302271569220; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:06:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.219.13 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:06:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4D9F1042.6060102@gmail.com> References: <4D9D9071.2050504@gmail.com> <319ad2ea44eec3e9f8794ef5c49ae633.squirrel@www.antarean.org> <737858.5131.qm@web39309.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20110407193817.738333ABD@data.antarean.org> <4D9EE6B3.6070409@gmail.com> <20110408122655.5a12882b@digimed.co.uk> <4D9F1042.6060102@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:06:09 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Dale Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: ad7779ae41793907d0ca5ce157eda6de On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:42:59 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Little light bulb here. =C2=A0physical volume is the same as a physical >>> drive? =C2=A0If I understand it correctly, it is the whole thing >>> unpartitioned. >>> >> >> No. A physical volume is an area of disk. It can be the whole disk but i= t >> more usually a partition. >> >> > > Ooooh. =C2=A0Still some progress tho. =C2=A0lol =C2=A0So, if I was going = to use LVM, I > create a partition first, either whole drive or part of it then use LVM o= n > that? =C2=A0Then comes in the rest of the stuff that I am still trying to= get a > grip on. > > This reminds me of catching a catfish. =C2=A0It's slimy and hard to get a= grip > on. =C2=A0lol > > Dale Dale, As for the 'whole disk' hint, I think what Neil means is that the drive doesn't need to be partitioned at all. I.e., instead of mke2fs -j /dev/sda3 think mke2fs -j /dev/sda - Mark