Cent OS migration

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fairlight" <fairlite at fairlite.com>

> The only thing I don't really care for about CentOS is the fact that
> it -only- uses LVM2, and no longer has the option to use the traditional
> fdisk method for partitioning. Not a big LVM fan, myself. That said, it's
> really not been an issue. I just really prefer to know all the
> subsystems involved with a high degree of certainty, and LVM, even though I
> understand the concepts, is not so much a black box as just overly complex for my
> tastes, given how rarely you need that degree of flexibility and
> power.

That must be fairly new; I don't remember my 5.2 setup *forcing* LVM.

And if it had... LVM is fine until you blow a drive, at which point --
just like RAID 0, you lose the whole set.  Forced LVM is a down gripe
for me on an OS.

Cheers,
-- jra
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