On Sunday 24 June 2012 03:03:53 ken did opine: > On 06/23/2012 05:36 PM Keith Roberts wrote: > > .... > > > > IIRC that happened a some years ago with Ubuntu. > > Ever since that happened I've been wary of the various > > different custom options available from different Linux > > distros. I just use the Gparted Live CD to do any partition > > work. I don't use LVM either yet, so that's not a problem > > for me now. > > Keith, > > Years ago I used to create a half dozen partitions from the CLI in an > afternoon and move things around. It was even fun to do. But no more. > LVMs are so cool... you don't have to worry anymore about how big this > and that partition should, never worry about running out of space on a > partition, because with LVM it's simple to make a volume bigger. No > need to move data around. LVM is great, well worth using. If you've > got some spare space on a drive, you should give a try. You won't go > back to partitions. And what do you do when this LVM goes corrupt in about a month? I've had it self destruct on me twice. I hate it when that happens. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> "Maintain an awareness for contribution -- to your schedule, your project, our company." -- A Group of Employees