[linux-lvm] Partitions on same Drive

[Luca Berra]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 09:42:37PM +0100, Rene Schumann wrote:
>    /dev/sdb1             1      4462  35840983+   c  Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
>    /dev/sdb2          4463      9730  42315210   8e  Linux LVM
>    I want to delete sdb1 vfat partition and use it as LVM space.
>    If i do a "pvcreate vg01 /dev/sdb1" it is ugly for performance because
>    there are 2 LVM Partions at one drive.
>    right?
>    If i do lvm partition on sdb1 and do a pvmove,
>    Can i resize sdb1 to fit the whole drive and after that lvm use this
>    full space?
you cannot resize a PV.
if you don't create striped LVs on the two partitions i see no
significant performance problem.

L.


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