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Logical Volume
/home
20 GB
Figure 4-2. Logical Volumes
On the other hand, if a system is partitioned with the ext3 file system, the hard drive is divided into
partitions of defined sizes. If a partition becomes full, it is not easy to expand the size of the partition.
Even if the partition is moved to another hard drive, the original hard drive space has to be reallocated
as a different partition or not used.
LVM support must be compiled into the kernel. The default Red Hat kernel is compiled with LVM
support.
To learn how
Chapter 13 LVM Configuration.

4.2. Additional Resources

Use these sources to learn more about LVM.
4.2.1. Installed Documentation
— This command shows all the documentation available from the
• rpm -qd lvm
including man pages.
4.2.2. Useful Websites
http://www.sistina.com/products_lvm.htm — LVM webpage, which contains an overview, link to
•
the mailing lists, and more.
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ — LVM HOWTO from the Linux Documentation Project.
•
Logical Volume Group
(9.1 GB x 3) - 75 MB
Logical Volume
/
2 GB
to configure LVM
Chapter 4. Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
Free Space
5 GB
during the installation process, refer to
package,
lvm