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Re: [opensuse-factory] meeting minutes of last dist meeting
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:44:00 +0100
- Message-id: <homz39njen.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxx> writes:
> Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
>> Woudln't it be better to give some choice? E.g. "Use kernel parameter
>> ... (not recommended), use lvm" Are there any other fundamental choices?
>
> IMO lvm is the only sane approach to handle that many filesystems.
>
> Beside that, there is still kpartx (part of multipath-tools) which is
> able to create device mapper mappings for DOS partitions. I'm not sure
> though whenever it can handle more esoteric partition formats such as
> bsd slices.
But setting kpartx up automatically is a challenge.
Guys, do you really see this a limitation that will hit many of us?
Andreas
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Andreas Jaeger, aj@xxxxxxx, http://www.suse.de/~aj/
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
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> Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
>> Woudln't it be better to give some choice? E.g. "Use kernel parameter
>> ... (not recommended), use lvm" Are there any other fundamental choices?
>
> IMO lvm is the only sane approach to handle that many filesystems.
>
> Beside that, there is still kpartx (part of multipath-tools) which is
> able to create device mapper mappings for DOS partitions. I'm not sure
> though whenever it can handle more esoteric partition formats such as
> bsd slices.
But setting kpartx up automatically is a challenge.
Guys, do you really see this a limitation that will hit many of us?
Andreas
--
Andreas Jaeger, aj@xxxxxxx, http://www.suse.de/~aj/
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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