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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 05:38:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ted Trask <ttrask01@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] new edge snapshot and upcoming feature freeze
To: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
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Needed? Maybe not. But I did think it was a nice simple sollution. LVM adds=
 an =0Aextra layer of complication. However, I no longer use setup-disk in =
any of my =0Aapplications, and have moved back to run-from-RAM and lbu. So,=
 as usual, I will =0Atrust your judgement.=0A=0ATed=0A=0A----- Original Mes=
sage ----=0AFrom: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>=0ATo: Ted Trask <tt=
rask01@yahoo.com>=0ACc: alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org=0ASent: Fri, Apr=
il 8, 2011 2:04:37 AM=0ASubject: Re: [alpine-devel] new edge snapshot and u=
pcoming feature freeze=0A=0AOn Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:45:06 -0700 (PDT)=0ATed T=
rask <ttrask01@yahoo.com> wrote:=0A=0A> Will use of LVM be required? Will i=
t be possible to get the exact=0A> same install that you used to get from '=
setup-disk -r'?=0A=0AIs there a need for that? I was thinking of it, but fr=
om script=0Aprogramming perspective, its so much more complicated to work w=
ith=0Apartitions than LVM. You can also resize/re-organize the partitions=
=0Alater.=0A=0AI could ofcourse keep the current code (which is one big bul=
k) in there=0Abut it would be nice to =0A=0AThe current plan is that 'setup=
-disk -r' and selecting 'root' will=0Acreate 2 partitions, 1 boot, 1 for lv=
m and store the root and swap (if=0Aany) on lvm.=0A=0AI wonder if we should=
 have a simplified disk layout too, no LVM, no=0Aswap, no /boot, just /. Th=
is could be useful for ssd setups.=0A=0AOh, btw, what I think would be cool=
 would be if you could run=0Asetup-disk with 2 or more disks and it would a=
utomatically do the raid=0Amagic for you. For example: setup-disk /dev/sdb =
/dev/sdc=0A=0A> =0A> Ted=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> ----- Original Message ----=0A>=
 From: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>=0A> To: alpine-devel@lists.alp=
inelinux.org=0A> Sent: Thu, April 7, 2011 3:39:38 PM=0A> Subject: [alpine-d=
evel] new edge snapshot and upcoming feature freeze=0A> =0A> Hi,=0A> =0A> I=
 have tagged a new edge snapshot, 110407. This includes apk-tools-2.1=0A> s=
o things should works as normal when setting up new boxes, without=0A> any =
apk-tools upgrade adventures.=0A> =0A> This snapshot also has a new version=
 of setup-disk with support for=0A> data-only disk setups. You first get as=
ked if you want use disk at=0A> all, and if so, which disk. Then you get as=
ked how you would like to=0A> use it and you basically have 2 options:=0A> =
* data-only (hybrid) install=0A> * traditional native disk install=0A> =0A>=
 data-only disk will set up the disk with swap and one big /var using=0A> L=
VM. You can manually set swap size with -s option or disable it swap=0A> by=
 setting the size to 0. If you run setup-disk with -r option, it=0A> will c=
reate a raid1 device under LVM with a single disk so you later=0A> can appe=
nd a disk for redundancy.=0A> =0A> Native disk install might have some issu=
es at the moment and I intend=0A> to rewrite it to also use LVM.=0A> =0A> s=
etup-disk now uses ext4 by default.=0A> =0A> Please test it and give feedba=
ck.=0A> =0A> I think we will enter feature freeze mode tomorrow. From next =
week we=0A> will focus on bug fixing and setting up a 2.2-stable build box.=
 If=0A> there still are any packages in testing that you need for 2.2 stabl=
e,=0A> well, too bad...=0A> =0A> -nc=0A> =0A> =0A> ---=0A> Unsubscribe:=A0 =
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