From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j56JxeO31553 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 15:59:40 -0400 Received: from storix.com (mill-adnc_internal-206-71-178-18.adnc.com [206.71.178.18] (may be forged)) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j56JxXbl014332 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 15:59:38 -0400 Received: from rich (65.106.88.139.ptr.us.xo.net [65.106.88.139]) by storix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8964C1590C for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 12:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] grub and lvm From: rich turner In-Reply-To: <1118076618.4482.7.camel@rich> References: <1118074394.4482.2.camel@rich> <42A47B70.4060000@berbee.com> <1118076618.4482.7.camel@rich> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 13:04:15 -0700 Message-Id: <1118088255.4482.10.camel@rich> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development for what it is worth ... i have found that you can only write the grub boot loader to a disk that is partitioned. perhaps something they will fix in grub2. On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 09:50 -0700, rich turner wrote: > using a partition works fine. but i am trying to understand why i can't > write my grub bootloader to a disk that is being used as a physical > volume. is grub and lvm using the same part of the disk for its own use? > > > On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 11:36 -0500, Alan Jurgensen wrote: > > You may want to create a Linux LVM partition, and using that in lvm > > (pvcreate /dev/hdb1)... > > > > > > rich turner wrote: > > > > >i have a volume group built on a physical volume that is the > > >disk /dev/hdb. when i write the grub bootloader to that disk, it appears > > >that the bootloader overwrites part or all of the lvm data on that disk, > > >essentially wiping out my volume group. does anyone know if that is > > >normal or if lvm and grub indeed share the same place on the disk? > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >linux-lvm mailing list > > >linux-lvm@redhat.com > > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > > >read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/