From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:03:21 -0700 From: Wade Curry Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Installing Linux on LVM Message-ID: <20010807140321.C31158@verb.syntaxsleuth.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000901c11f71$1b950100$f04b7818@lvcm.com> Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com Glenn Shannon(warl0k@lvcm.com)@Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 11:45:19AM -0700: > Hi there and thanks for the info! > > What I did last time was: > Install to a normal partition all on one partition (only partition created --snip--- > > Booted into LVMed Debian.(yay!) > > So all told I have been there done that already.. what my real question was > is if there is any way to get Debian (or any linux really) to install > straight into an LVM without the aforementioned steps above? Or would I need > to create my own bootfloppy/installation system? > > Anyhow thanks for the info on your experience! > Ah well, you're welcome. Sorry it's not the information you were after. I don't know of any boot floppies (official or not) for any distro that does that. I honestly don't expect to see it for a while, either. I don't mean to be just pessimistic. Someone on this list (Hienz I think) said that boot-time recognition of logical volumes is a feature to be added _after_ 1.0. Doesn't seem quite worth the effort to work out all the logistics of initrds and whatnot in the boot disks, if we can hold off for that functionality just a bit. In the meantime the few of us who want to explore, are already having success with the current scheme of things. Just doesn't seem that there is as much pressure to create that functionality as there would be if new boot floppies were absolutely necessary. Gonna wait it out :) Wade Curry wcurry(AT)cts.com The industry doesn't want [MP3] pushed, and Microsoft and RealNetworks don't want it pushed. The consumer is going to eat what he's given. - David Farber, FCC