Ron Blizzard wrote, On 07/30/2010 01:37 AM:
Is there any reason to use LVM on a personal desktop install of CentOS? It seems to me, for my purposes, that LVM is just a pain in the neck -- although I've always just let CentOS set it up during the install in the past. I would like to be able to use parted to resize partitions when I want to, and also I'd like Vector Linux to be able to read and write data to the CentOS partition. Would I be missing something by not installing LVM, or is this mostly for server purposes anyhow?
Thanks for any pointers.
Best use for LVM I have seen... Reducing the number of times you need to enter the LUKS pass phrase to once per boot, i.e., one LUKS containing an LVM of / and Swap so that the system can boot with one entry of the pass phrase and if you then have other partitions, such as an independent /home, /etc/crypttab can be used (with appropriately constructed and protected cryptpassphrase files).