On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 22:36:37 +0100, Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ali Helmy wrote: > > > Thanks mates, I now have a single LV that spans both of my small HDDs > > together, to make a single 30GB partition, out of a 10GB & 20GB HDDs... > > I know that is possible, but what is the point of it? > Wouldn't it be easier to have, say, / on the first disk > and /home on the second? > What is the advantage of a single LV? It allows for more flexibility in handling space. However, there are downsides to doing this. If either disk goes you have effectively lost both drives.
