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Re: [Xen-users] LVM?


  • To: Xen-Users <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Alan Murrell <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 01:51:35 -0700
  • Delivery-date: Wed, 09 May 2007 10:20:36 -0700
  • List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>

On May 03, 2007 09:50:36 Marcin Owsiany wrote:
> The way I do it is create a /boot for GRUB, and a volume group taking up
> the rest of the disk. On the VG, create just two small LVs for dom0 -
> one for swap and another for root filesystem. Then you have the rest of
> the VG for domUs, etc.

Why do you put the / ("root") partition n the LVM?  What if something happens 
to the LVM "volume group", and renders your system completely unbootable??

-Alan M.

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