[sclug] What to use LVM for

[John Stumbles]

Thinking of how to partition my new 300G hdd for my desktop I'm 
wondering about LVM. It seems I could add the whole drive to a volume 
group and allocate all my partitions out of that. Is it safe/possible to 
do this for my root and swap partions as well as /home and any others or 
should I have those as old fashioned cast-in-stone partitions?

And if so how does one set up LVM when doing a debian (sarge) install? I 
can't remember (and don't yet have a machine handy to try it on) if LVM 
is an option during the install process. Will there be anything 
machine-specific I'll wish I'd found out before starting the 
installation? :-)

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John Stumbles