[KLUG Members] Need more space for /var

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> :-), I didnt say what he was doing was wrong, I was simply 
> contradicting the remark that said that redhat 7.0 didnt
> support LVM.  (and he did mention LVM first).. 

Now your talking like a Suse user ("we support everything for which
there is a kernel patch somewhere in the world").  RedHat 7.0 does NOT
support LVM.  You can make your RH7 install support LVM, but that is in
spite of RH7, not because RH7 helps you out at all in this endevour.

> Although I think he meant "7.0's default kernel does not
> support LVM".. 

If it isn't in the default kernel of the distro,  that is what 'not
supported' means.

> Just giving additional alternative is all, I mean he can do whatever
> he feels comfortable doing..
> I mean if hes going to get a new drive to add in he may as well
> just recompile the kernel with LVM, create some partitions

Recompiling a kernel is certainly more involved than just adding a
drive.  He can move the data to the new drive and mount it on /var, so
no wierd links need be involved.

Personally I feel that recompiling a kernel renders a box
unsupportable;  one must always try to minimize the amount of custom
hacking that will need to get tweened out by the woman/guy who takes
your job after your turned into biogrease by a jackknifed eighteen
wheeler.

> and copy the whole OS over to the new drive, then write lilo
> to the MBR.. he just needs to make sure his LVM partitions are
> as big or bigger than the initial drives partitions...

Sounds to me like it is time to go to www.ibm.com and order a new
server.  Install on that and move the data via scp.  Install RH9 and by
all means use LVM.  They can ship you a new box within days.  Tell the
worthless schmuck whereing the suit that if he wants reliable mail
service he needs to spend some $$$. Hey!  He isn't paying more in OS and
Exchange license keys and support than a new box would cost, which is
the alternative.  Is this guy dutch?