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From: Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: [linux-lvm] LVM NOT scary! (was: LVM scary!)
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 08:41:12 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060403124112.GP19029@fencepost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <443115F0.8030503@watford53.freeserve.co.uk>

On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 01:32:48PM +0100, Jim Ford wrote:
> Hmm, there are so many horror stories on this forum that I'm beginning 
> to wish that I hadn't chosen the LVM option when I installed my Kubuntu 
> system! Mind you, having said that, I never had problems with 5 years of 
> software raid on a Slackware box. 

Well, it's commonly know that mostly the horror stories are what people
tell each other and remember.  And especially in this very place, as it's
main purpose (apart from developing the software further) is to be a
contact point for people encountering such issues.

I'm quite sure that there are (ten- / hundred-)thousands of LVM
installations that just work; like those I did on a number of systems.


> Just though I'd mention it!

Me too.


Regards,
 Thomas


P.S. Next project for me: make GRUB2 read LVM volumes.  Anyone who wants
to help or has already done something, please speak up now.

  reply	other threads:[~2006-04-03 12:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-04-03 12:32 [linux-lvm] LVM scary! Jim Ford
2006-04-03 12:41 ` Thomas Schwinge [this message]
2006-04-03 12:46   ` [linux-lvm] LVM NOT scary! (was: LVM scary!) Jan-Benedict Glaw
2006-04-03 13:41     ` [linux-lvm] LVM NOT scary! Jim Ford
2006-04-03 13:46       ` Martin Eisenhardt
2006-04-03 13:47       ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2006-04-03 13:48       ` Andy Smith
2006-04-03 12:58   ` [linux-lvm] LVM NOT scary! (was: LVM scary!) Anil Kumar Sharma
2006-04-03 12:51 ` [linux-lvm] LVM scary! Anil Kumar Sharma

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