Re: Fewer partitions are better (Re: Disk Layout/Partitioning Practices)

[Bob Marcan]

Ian Mortimer wrote:
> >On Tru64 with advfs file system you can have partition and inside
> >multiple file sets. Each file set is (looks like) a separate file 
> >system. 
>  
>  
>  The combination of LVM with a journalled filesystem under Linux is similar 
>  to AdvFS under Tru64.  One difference is that with Linux LVM you have to 
>  unmount a partition to resize it.  Another is that AdvFS allows you to 
>  defragment a live filesystem.
>   
I know, i'm using both.
The point was, multiple file system which share the same physical space.

>  
> >Backups can be done with the vdump and vrestore.
>  
>  
>  The disadvantage of this is that your backups aren't portable to another OS.
>  
>  There are no special backup tools for LVM partitions under Linux.  Just use 
>  pax,
>  tar, cpio, afio or whatever you normally use (but not dump)!
>   
I'm using pax for portability.

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