fedora-test-list-request@redhat.com wrote:
Message: 5 Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:36:31 -0500 From: Bill Davidsen davidsen@tmr.com Subject: Re: Getting rid of /boot To: Fedora Test fedora-test-list@redhat.com Message-ID: 4B1B0A9F.6050606@tmr.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Marko Vojinovic wrote:
On Saturday 05 December 2009 13:43:52 Timothy Murphy wrote:
Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>>> Actually, the complexity is that Fedora for some insane reason still >>> defaults to using LVM for everything *other* than /boot. This brings >>> no benefit to most users.
> Well, it means I can have separate filesystems for things that I don't > want overwritten if I reinstall (/home, /usr/local, /opt, /var/www, > etc.)
That's only 4, or 7 with / , /boot and swap. How do you get up to 15?
Multiboot with various Windows, Ubuntu's, other Fedora's? Each should have its own /, at least.
That's what VMs are for, no?
That said, if one does not work in multi-platform software development, I totally agree that cluttering the disk with all that stuff is very ugly, at the very least. These days virtual machines are much cleaner and easier to maintain than multiboot setups.
Best, :-) Marko
-- Bill Davidsen davidsen@tmr.com "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked."
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While I am sure VMs and virtualization are the the way of the future many of us still for economic reasons work on systems which cannot or will not support Virtualization efficiently. This makes multi-boot and the associated headaches a necessity rather than a preference. While I applaud the steps Fedora has taken in Virtualization and LVM development, maintaining legacy hardware compatability should also receive attention as it provides us a competetive edge over the Redmond OSes.
Bob Lightfoot
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Bob Lightfoot