Re: new pc and swap

From	"John L. Ries" <jries@salford-systems.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: new pc and swap
Date	2016-10-31 22:40 +0100
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On Monday 2016-10-31 12:27, Richard Owlett wrote:

> Whither goest LVM?

I normally put it on a primary partition as if I'm using it, I've never
needed more than four partitions.  But I know of no reason why it can't
go on a logical partition.

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On Monday 2016-10-31 12:27, Richard Owlett wrote:

>Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:27:22
>From: Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: new pc and swap
>Resent-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:27:47 +0000
>Resent-From: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>
> On 10/31/2016 8:54 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>>> I once read that it was possible to swap to a named file, rather
>>>>> than a swap partition.  Is that possible with Jessie?
>>
>> Of course, it's possible.  But if you setup a system from scratch I'd
>> highly recommend you put "everything" into an LVM volume group so you
>> can then use an LVM volume for swap rather than a file (but with the
>> same advantages as using a file: it's easy to resize/create on-demand
>> at run-time).
>>
>>
>>         Stefan
>>
>>
>> PS: I put "everything" between quotes because I'm not sure I'd recommend
>>     to also put /boot in an LVM volume.  IIUC it can be made to work
>>     nowadays, but my systems still use a two-partition setup: one small
>>     partition for /boot, and the rest for LVM.
>>
>>
>
> HUH! U lost me ;/
> To paraphrase Julius Caesar:
> omnia disci en tres partes est:
>  primary
>  extended
>  logical
>
> Whither goest LVM?
>
> I'm so lost as to not be able to ask an answerable question.
> Help please ;/
> TIA
>
> P.S. a wise person admits his ignorance.
>
>
>
>

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new pc and swap Pol Hallen <deben@fuckaround.org> - 2016-10-30 13:00 +0100
  Re: new pc and swap Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2016-10-30 14:20 +0100
  Re: new pc and swap Markus Grunwald <markus@the-grue.de> - 2016-10-30 15:00 +0100
    Re: new pc and swap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-30 15:20 +0100
      Re: new pc and swap Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-10-30 16:50 +0100
        Re: new pc and swap Markus Grunwald <markus@the-grue.de> - 2016-10-30 19:30 +0100
      Re: new pc and swap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-31 10:30 +0100
        Re: new pc and swap Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-10-31 15:00 +0100
          Re: new pc and swap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-31 19:30 +0100
            Re: new pc and swap Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-10-31 19:50 +0100
              Re: new pc and swap Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-10-31 20:20 +0100
            Re: new pc and swap <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-10-31 21:00 +0100
            Re: new pc and swap "John L. Ries" <jries@salford-systems.com> - 2016-10-31 22:40 +0100
          Re: new pc and swap Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-10-31 20:00 +0100
            Re: new pc and swap Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-11-01 00:10 +0100
              Re: new pc and swap Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2016-11-01 07:10 +0100
                Re: new pc and swap Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2016-11-01 09:30 +0100
                Re: new pc and swap Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-11-01 11:00 +0100
                Re: new pc and swap Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2016-11-02 01:50 +0100
                Re: new pc and swap Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-11-01 14:10 +0100
                Re: new pc and swap Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-11-01 15:00 +0100
                Re: new pc and swap Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2016-11-01 20:00 +0100
          Re: new pc and swap Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-11-01 00:00 +0100
  Re: new pc and swap Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2016-10-30 17:50 +0100
    Re: new pc and swap Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-10-30 18:20 +0100
  Re: new pc and swap David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-10-30 19:50 +0100

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