Debootstrap/LVM with LNX-BBC 2.1

 All,

 I used to use the old Linuxcare BBCs (bootable business cards) to do
 most of my Debian installations, using the deboostrap package that was
 included on them.

 Recently the LNX-BBC team (including my wife, Heather) released version 2.1
 The LNX-BBC comprises most of the original Linuxcare BBC team.

 Sadly it doesn't include the debootstrap package any more, though the
 team was trying to get it work in their new GAR build system.  
 
 However, and increasing number of bad blocks on the 18GB hard drive
 on my old Tuxtops laptop forced me to do a backup and restore cycle.
 So naturally I decided to re-install Debian from scratch (the old when
 started out with Potato when that was "unstable"), and to switch to
 journaled filesystems.

 I also decided to put the /usr, /var, /tmp, and /home filesystems on
 LVM (logical volume management) --- my first experience with this
 suite.  (The rootfs and /boot are on regular type 83 partitions).

 The blow-by-blow description is written up as a 
 mini-HOWTO on my Wiki (MoinMoin) pages:

 ... which, of course means that people can embellish my story with
 their own tips and suggestions :)

 It's not the easiest way to install Debian; and I'm not even sure if
 the regular installer supports LVM these days.  However, all of the
 tools you need are right on the BBC (except for the debootstrap
 package, which we fetch with wget; and the rest of Debian/Woody which
 debootstrap and apt-get fetch is for.

 Other than one quirk related to devfs (used by the LNX-BBC 2.x series)
 and the vgcreate command (noted on the Wiki) the LVM aspects of the
 task were almost trivial.  As for the resulting usability, robustness,
 etc. of the LVM configuration ... time will tell.
 
 I hope to hear from people who follow this recipe.

--
Jim Dennis