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I'm getting ready for the 3rd time installing Centos 6.2 on new server for home. We usually figure we get to install at least twice on a new OS and hardware. <BR>
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This time the re-install is to get the drive partitioning and soft RAID right. I didn't have the 2nd drive for the 2nd install. <BR>
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Normally our prior Fedora servers have been <BR>
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/dev/md1 on / type ext3 (rw)<BR>
/dev/md0 on /boot type ext3 (rw)<BR>
/dev/md2 on /u type ext3 (rw)<BR>
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This time around I was thinking on using LVM, I guess to just get more experience with LVM. However, since you wouldn't want to risk resizing /boot or root filesystem, I see no point in them being in LVM. <BR>
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Primary drive is 1.5TB, of which 220GB is occupied by Windows7 boot, which I'd prefer to not disturb. <BR>
2nd drive is 1TB. <BR>
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So, I'm thinking of a layout like this:<BR>
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/dev/md0 on /boot type ext3 (rw) (whatever boot takes)<BR>
/dev/md1 on / type ext3 (rw) (about 50GB)<BR>
/dev/md2 on VolumeGroup00 (about 1TB)<BR>
And logical volumes for /home and /u, which can be resized as needed between /home and /u<BR>
/dev/sda? on /u2 (remaining 300GB, not Raid 1, just on the one bigger drive)<BR>
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Is that going to work? Other thoughts? <BR>
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Neal Rhodes<BR>
MNOP Ltd
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