On Tue, 04 May 2010 10:58:16 -0400, Peter Larsen wrote: > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 22:58 -0400, Marcel Rieux wrote: [....] >> Whatever the case may be, it seems to me LVM shouldn't be thrown at >> newbies for the desktop. I certainly will keep away from it as much as >> I can. > > I could not disagree more. LVM is essential to solve problems like > resizing issues; backup and generally solve all the problems that static > partition tables has had since their inception. [....] <sigh> LVM is one of those things I've been hoping not to have to learn .... OK, I'd like to use it for exactly that. gparted says I have a / boot partition way too small for preupgrade, and one other partition which it labels lvm2 -- though it also warns "Logical Volume Management not yet supported [by gparted? or ...?]" So how do I treble or quadruple my /boot?? (Nota Bene, of the methods at https://fedoraproject.orgwiki/ How_to_use_PreUpgrade#Not_enough_space_in_.2Fboot neither has yet proven within my competence -- my eyes glaze and I descend into glossolalia, alas! -- nor have I ever managed any other way to increase the size of / boot, such as for instance with gparted or qtparted. -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
