[ale] to lvm or not lvm is my dillema

[jc.lightner at comcast.net]

You're correct.  I misspoke - I meant "/" (in addition to the others I
mentioned.   "/" filling up is what has caused many an issue. Having /var,
/usr and other filesystems fill is usually recoverable without a hard boot.

Additionally by putting the other filesystems on their own LVs one can
insure "/" itself doesn't run up against cylinders limits.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of DJPfulio--- via Ale
Sent: Friday, January 2, 2026 4:24 PM
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Cc: DJPfulio at jdpfu.com
Subject: Re: [ale] to lvm or not lvm is my dillema

On 1/2/26 15:51, Jeff Lightner via Ale wrote:
> Having /root fill

Let's be very clear.

/root and / are NOT the same thing.  If /root fills up, meh. I really don't
care.  If / fills up I may or may not care, depends on which file system my
logs and working areas are in. With LVM, I almost always setup separate
areas for /var and /tmp and /var/lib so a full / means almost nothing until
I patch.

As usual, there's no one-size-fits-everyone in Linux.
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