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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> The Monday 2008-02-18 at 15:37 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
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> > Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> > > >  You might consider using LVM as, IIRC, it's not affected by that 
> > > > limit.
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> > >  But it forces to repartition the entire drive, and I don't feel LVM 
> > > is as
> > >  safe.
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> > It's not, which is why I don't use it.
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> > All LVM partitions rely on the filesystem holding the LVM table
> > to remain uncorrupted.  Corruption on *THAT* filesystem can
> > very well destroy your LVM partitioning. :-/
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> Where is that table stored?

In a file... typically somewhere in /etc or /etc/something_or_other


> Can it be backed up and restored, perhaps?

Yes.

> Does it change often?

That's totally site-dependant.


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