I vote for it. pete -----Original Message----- From: Roland Nagtegaal [mailto:roland@Tschai.demon.nl] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 11:01 AM To: Lenz Grimmer; suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Petition to get LVM into the Linux kernel Lenz Grimmer wrote:

Hi,

anyone who knows what a Logical Volume Manager is? Here is a petition going on to integrate it into the Linux Kernel:

http://www.the-infinite.org/lvm_petition/index.phtml

I would like to ask you to vote, if you find this a useful feature and you _really_ know, what itŽs good for and you feel a need for it.

Thanks!

LenZ

How is this different and/or better than the existing Multiple Devices? How would Logical Volumes interact with Multiple Devices, i.e. could one be implemented on top of the other? What would the performance be like? How would a LVM help me if, for instance, I have /usr on say /dev/hda7 or /dev/md3 with only 100MB free, and installing some new software would require about 300MB on /usr ? Could I use LVM in this case to grow my /usr, without the requirement to repartition and therefore effectively completely reinstall some important server? In short: what exactly are the operational advantages for system maintanance and development? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UNIX isn't dead, it just smells funny... Run Linux! Keep The Net Free! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/