Ed Greshko wrote: >> I've been using LVM on one computer for some time, >> without any real problems. >> >> However, I've decided that it causes unnecessary complications, >> as some applications do not seem to accept the LVM devices, >> while I don't find any real advantages to compensate. > > What applications, for example? I think there have been several, but I didn't make a note of them. The most recent was gparted (and Partition Manager). I think I also had problems with one or more of: dd, apache (httpd), unison, MySQL. But as I said, I didn't keep notes, and may be libeling LVM. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland