Fewer partitions are better (Re: Disk Layout/Partitioning Practices)

[Bob Marcan]

Ian Mortimer wrote:
>>On Tru64 with advfs file system you can have partition and inside
>>multiple file sets. Each file set is (looks like) a separate file 
>>system. 
> 
> 
> The combination of LVM with a journalled filesystem under Linux is similar 
> to AdvFS under Tru64.  One difference is that with Linux LVM you have to 
> unmount a partition to resize it.  Another is that AdvFS allows you to 
> defragment a live filesystem.
> 
I know, i'm using both.
The point was, multiple file system which share the same physical space.

> 
>>Backups can be done with the vdump and vrestore.
> 
> 
> The disadvantage of this is that your backups aren't portable to another OS.
> 
> There are no special backup tools for LVM partitions under Linux.  Just use 
> pax,
> tar, cpio, afio or whatever you normally use (but not dump)!
> 
I'm using pax for portability.

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