From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luca Berra Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Reducing the size of a physical volume Message-ID: <20031020212134.GC12151@percy.comedia.it> References: <1066656685.27744.23.camel@pc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1066656685.27744.23.camel@pc> 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: Date: Mon Oct 20 16:23:02 2003 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Brian J. Murrell" Cc: linux-lvm@sistina.com, clacour@greyhound.com I confirm Mandrake 9.2 is able to install on LVM. That includes booting from LVM and using a LV as root fileystem. you need to chose expert install to be able to do this tough. Regards, L. On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 09:31:25AM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote: >On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 17:20, Charles Lacour wrote: >> >> I wanted to check out Mandrake 9.2, > >Good idea. :-) > >> so I set up a "mandrake" >> logical volume, but Mandrake doesn't seem to support LVM > >[ disclaimer: I have not gone through an "installation" of 9.2 yet -- >all of my systems were 9.1 which I just urpmi --auto-select upgraded >after reconfiguring the sources -- but unless anything has changed since >9.1, my comments should be accurate ] > >It sure does! Diskdrake has supported creating PVs, VGs and LVs for >quite a few releases now but not creating / as an LV. As of the last >release or two, I submitted enhancements to the installer to allow >installation onto a root LV. > >Did you choose "Expert" installation, or choose the "Advanced" mode when >you got into Diskdrake? You likely need to do that to see the LVM >options. -- Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it Communication Media & Services S.r.l. /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN X AGAINST HTML MAIL / \