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Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 16:37:26 -0500
From: Steven Lembark <lembark@wrkhors.com>
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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LILO configuration for LVM "boot" filesystem
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> Tell me, what is wrong with having /tmp as a mount point
> for a LV?

LV are generally slower than other types of storage.  Since the
boot partition is generally cyl 0 it's on the fastest storage
available (short of tmpfs).  

Another approach is to mirror-mount the /var/tmp and /tmp onto
a single volume.

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