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I recently found out about Logical Volume Management. Seems interesting, but I have a couple of questions:

  • Does it matter if I have a Windows partition? It seems that LVM is bound to the Linux kernel, but I'm not sure if it will make any difference.
  • Is it safe to use? All that stuff about shrinking and enlarging partitions seems like a big potential for data loss.
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I have had a system become unrecoverable after a power outage using LVM. I couldn't recover a single file from the Redhat install because of the corrupt partition. If it was mission critical I would have found a way possibly, but it wasn't.

If you want to install Windows on an LVM disk, you have to make sure it's compatible with Windows. If you just want Windows to coexist with the LVM area, that should work just fine.

Also, you generally can't access files from an LVM partition unless that particular OS is being run. It seems to be a limitation that will only really affect dual-boot people.

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It does not matter if you have a Windows partition. Linux will work around it.

It's safe to resize partitions, but you should always take a backup - obviously.

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