LVM and separate /usr

[selund]

I've installed PVE 4beta2 on a stock Debian Jessie with a separate /, /usr and /var on lvm. The problem is that the initrd image generated for the pve kernel do not properly start lvm. As a hack to get around this I've added /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-premount/lvm with the content below. This isn't a good solution, but at least I can boot without manual intervention.
As I can't find any bugreport on this I've submitted one with id 738

#!/bin/sh
/sbin/lvm vgchange -ay

 

[dietmar]

I've installed PVE 4beta2 on a stock Debian Jessie with a separate /, /usr and /var on lvm.

What for?

 

[selund]

What for?

Why use a separate / /usr and /var? Well, because its a good practice to separate these.

 

[dietmar]

Why use a separate / /usr and /var? Well, because its a good practice to separate these.

I don't think this is good practice. I would simply use one partition for the system.

 

[selund]

I don't think this is good practice. I would simply use one partition for the system.

I'm not going to teach you why it's not a good idea in general to put all in one root filesystem, that you can read up on your self.
I find it quite strange that you have such a grumpy attitude to bug reports. Oh' well you'll learn eventually.

 

[sigxcpu]

It might be or not a good practice, but here you are talking about a platform that you need to look at as an appliance.
One of the nice things about Proxmox is that you can customize installation (so far I didn't find another platform that lets you do that), but if you want to do it, then you are on your own, right?

You went your way and you've also find a fix. That's good. No need to be mean to developers.
Another point of view is that you are requesting an enhancement/feature: "allow non-standard / install".

I would like to see them use their resources in fixing real bugs, instead of covering all the niche cases.

 

[dietmar]

I'm not going to teach you why it's not a good idea in general to put all in one root filesystem, that you can read up on your self.

Again, we do not think it is a good idea to do that. So nobody will work on that unless you show a good reason.

I find it quite strange that you have such a grumpy attitude to bug reports. Oh' well you'll learn eventually.

I just want to protect you from stepping into the wrong direction. But you are free to ignore my opinion.

 

[marco_adeti]

I am in the same case.