John Pierce wrote: > I don't know about hating LVM. When I use LVM, which is all the time, > I always create a /boot partition outside of the LVM volumes. I have > created a /boot partition since the first time I put a 20GB drive in a > machine whose bios would only recognize a 2GB limit. +1, my usual policy is to create /boot and / on no LVM partitions, then create my /home, /var, and other "data" partitions on LVM. That has simplified troubleshooting in the past, since I can always boot up and operate on the system, if I've had trouble. -- Eric Feldhusen Network Administrator http://www.remc1.org eric@xxxxxxxxx PO Box 270 (906) 482-4520 x239 809 Hecla St (906) 482-5031 fax Hancock, MI 49930 (906) 370 6202 mobile