Volker Kuhlmann <list0570@paradise.net.nz> writes:
On Tue 20 Feb 2007 23:05:12 NZDT +1300, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
so resorting to lvm should be the proposed solution, not repartitionning with less than 15 partitions :-)
Yes, we can change the wording ;-). The problem is that all solutions to support more than 15 partitions in an automatic way might cause problems ;-(
IMHO it would be good to mention as well that the switch to libata is necessary, and that unfortunately Linux doesn't support more than 15 partitions with libata. Proposed solutions are [...]
Woudln't it be better to give some choice? E.g. "Use kernel parameter ... (not recommended), use lvm" Are there any other fundamental choices? Isn't evms becoming popular?
I added lvm to our text as other option. There's no kernel parameter AFAIK, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, 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