[mdlug] Completely replacing Windows XP Pro with Linux!

[Aaron Kulkis]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-07-21 at 00:45 -0400, Garry Stahl wrote:
>> On 07/17/2014 11:23 PM, Harry Burleson wrote:
>>> As an alternative, after a successful installation on disk #1, you can
>>> use a live distro: Pmagic, Ubuntu, Knoppix, etc. Then with Gparted
>>> move the /home partition to disk #2 and edit /etc/fstab .
>> That should not be necessary.  I have installed /root and /home on
>> separate drives since I started using Linux.  It is my preferred
>> instillation method.
>
> Ditto.  I don't `get` this.  I install on multi-disk systems all the
> time - it doesn't matter.   Is the issue here actually partitioning the
> disks, booting, or dual-booting? [I have to admit I haven't dual-booted
> anything in a decade or more, dual-booting is a horrible experience, and
> with visualization almost entirely unnecessary].
>
> If you use LVM, and make your physical disks physical volumes, you can
> just add them to a volume group and forget about locality altogether.
> No more fussing with partitions;  a world without partitions is a
> beautiful place.

Until the LVM data gets hosed... then it's a nightmare trying to recover
unless you have really been methodical about doing backups.

I use LVM in the workplace, *IF* the backups are frequent and shown to
be reliable (not always a given).  For home use -- not a chance.