Re: "Volume" Confusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (was Re: [tlug] Subdirectory of /home on separate volume?)

[Edward Middleton <edward@example.com>]

Jim wrote:
> Tenga Wataru wrote:
>
>   
>> On one volume, ... 
>>     
>
> Be careful with the word "volume". It can lead to confusion, 
> especially since the rise of LVM. 
>
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_volume_management
>   

He is using the term volume correctly.  A volume is the nonspecific way
of referring to either a physical volume e.g. a partition, raid device
or a logical volume.

volume
   physical volume
      partition
      raid device
      ..
  logical volume


Edward