On 03/10/2011 04:35 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>    hoping this isn't egregiously off-topic but i'm teaching a RH sys
> admin course next week and i'm using SL 6.0 as the vehicle.  i'm being
> handed the courseware to use and i'm pondering which parts are really
> out of date so that i can skip them or replace them with newer
> material on the fly.
>
>    first question -- is there any sane reason not to use LVM these
> days?  the manual opens (predictably) with showing the student how to
> allocate fixed partitions during the install, and leaves LVM setup for
> later in the week as an "advanced" topic.  i see it the other way
> around -- LVM should be the norm nowadays.
>
>    thoughts?  i'll always allocate /boot as a regular partition but
> unless there are compelling reasons not to, i always recommend LVM as
> the standard.
>
> rday
>

My two cents.  These are only opinions.

It depends on the level of the course.

If these are beginning linux admins who don't know about partitions, or 
haven't done linux partitioning, then you shouldn't do LVM first.  You 
should teach them about partitions, and the general layout of Linux 
partitions.
Your general windows admin isn't going to know about /boot or swap 
partitions.  Your general unix admin will know about how his version of 
unix partitioning, and will appreciate knowing what partitions linux 
should have.  And if they aren't an admin, then they aren't going to 
know about partitions at all.

If this is a bunch of Debian admins wanting to know RedHat, then go 
straight to LVM.

Again, my opinion.
Troy
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