[ALUG] mount conundrum

[Brett Parker]

On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 07:05:30PM +0000, Chris G wrote:
> Maybe I've got too involved in this and need to leave it for a while
> but I'll ask anyway.....
> 
> A per the lvm thread I now have a whole new disk that has been lvm'ed.
> I think I probably want to move all my home directories and other such
> bits and pieces onto it.  I.e. I will have one 'system' disk which has
> all the OS stuff on it and one 'data' disk which has home directories
> and anything else which is bascially data rather than programs (such
> as pictures, vmware guest images, etc.).
> 
> So, how do I do it?
> 
> If I create a /home directory on my root partition and then mount the
> new logical volume on /home it means that *everything* I create on
> that logical volume will appear as /home/<something>.  That maybe
> alright for actual /home directories but doesn't make much sense for
> other stuff.
> 
> Should I:-
> 
>     Split the new disk into more than one Logical Volume?

Yes.

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Brett Parker