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<DIV>Sorry, I was thinking AIX, which uses LVM (Logical Volume Manager). Sun's version is SVM.<BR> </DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: courier">--- </SPAN><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: courier"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: courier">Wayne Johnson, | <SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(191,95,0)">There are two kinds of people: Those</SPAN> </SPAN><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: courier"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: courier">3943 Penn Ave. N. | <SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(191,95,0)">who say to God, "Thy will be done," </SPAN></SPAN><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: courier"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: courier">Minneapolis, MN 55412-1908 | <SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(191,95,0)">and those to whom God says, "All right, </SPAN></SPAN><BR style="FONT-FAMILY: courier"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: courier">(612)
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Mike Miller <mbmiller+l@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Twin Cities Linux Users Group <tclug-list@mn-linux.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, February 25, 2009 4:49:44 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [tclug-list] [OT] Installing Solaris 10 with a LVM<BR></FONT><BR><BR>On Feb 25, 2009, at 12:33 PM, Mike Miller wrote:<BR><BR>> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009, Wayne Johnson wrote:<BR>><BR>>> I'm trying to talk our Admins into installing Solaris 10 on one of <BR>>> our<BR>>> systems using LVM.<BR>><BR>> Just curious: Why do you want to use Solaris? I'm just wondering <BR>> because<BR>> I just stopped using it after about 15 years and I'm thinking I'm
<BR>> better<BR>> off now. Everything around me was shifting toward GNU/Linux, so <BR>> that's<BR>> the direction I took. Now I have some Linux distro on almost every<BR>> computer I use (including supercomputers at the U), with Ubuntu on the<BR>> desktop (and XP still in Virtual Box on Ubuntu).<BR>><BR>> Mike<BR><BR><BR>I can think of all sorts of reasons for using Solaris, but I'm <BR>struggling to think of a benefit to installing Solaris on LVM, <BR>assuming it's even possible. LVM is the Linux Volume Manager. <BR>Solaris isn't Linux.<BR><BR>You can use the Solaris Volume Manager ala <A href="http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-4520/roadmap-10?a=view" target=_blank>http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-4520/roadmap-10?a=view</A><BR><BR>ZFS and VxFS are popular filesystem choices as well.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Josh
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