[nzlug] EVMS - Any distro with it standard?

Robin Sheat robin at kallisti.net.nz
Thu Nov 16 20:30:30 NZDT 2006


On Thursday 16 November 2006 20:09, Howard wrote:
> I need to build a server with lots of storage, and after previously
> dumping myself in the deep end with LVM, I thought I'd go the whole way
> and implement EVMS.
What does it do that LVM doesn't? (I don't really know anything about it)

> Are there any distros with EVMS now built in?  I'd rather not have to
> plug in a non-standard kernel as I'd seem to have to do with the
> documentation I've read.  Or is it a bit unproven?
I'm pretty sure that Ubuntu mentions it on bootup. I always assumed that it 
was part of LVM or something.

Robin.




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