I can see your point when using fdisk -l to troubleshoot issues. Typically though, I haven't had to go past the /boot partition when diagnosing these types of issues.
As for the question regarding the tools for LVM, check
tldp.org, there is a very concise write up with multiple FAQ's linked.
LVM is an important step towards insuring the resiliency of a Linux installation. And it allows for nearly unlimited growth of the underlying Filesystems. It is also incredibly handy when dealing with Cluster Filesystems. It has been available for several years, and it will not be going away simply because it presents more benefits than problems.
On 9/21/07, Craig White <craig@tobyhouse.com> wrote:
On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 11:44 -0700, der.hans wrote:
> moin moin,
>
> CentOS is wanting to install the /boot partition on a primary partition
> and the rest of the partitions on an LVM partition.
>
> fdisk -l then only lists two partitions. One needs to know to put
> subsequent boot partitions as primary or extended rather than LVM.
>
> It also becomes not so easy to debug partition issues because you can't
> see them through normal mechanisms.
>
> Anybody have an opinion on using LVM partitions? The greatest thing since
> USB to SATA adapters? Some badly done sci fi horror? It's the future, so
> just get used to it?
>
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All Red Hat based installers for quite some time (3 or 4 years IIRC)
will default to using LVM for everything but the /boot partition. If you
want to go without LVM, you can choose to manually configure partitions
in the anaconda installer (and not do LVM) if that makes you feel
better.
I don't recall ever creating another /boot partition nor ever having a
reason to do so. What I am I missing from your question?
--
Craig White <craig@tobyhouse.com>
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