On 9/21/07, Craig White wrote: > On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 11:44 -0700, der.hans wrote: > > moin moin, > > > > CentOS is wanting to install the /boot partition on a primary partition > > and the rest of the partitions on an LVM partition. > > > > fdisk -l then only lists two partitions. One needs to know to put > > subsequent boot partitions as primary or extended rather than LVM. > > See also vgdisplay for volume group info and lvdisplay for logical volume info. See also the commands lvs, vgs, pvs (phisical volumes info - pvdisplay; phisical volumes are the underlying disks used for make up the volume groups, which then are used for the logical volumes). And of course man [-k] lvm. I too like the manual partitioning option in a RH install, especially if I have no chance (reasd: no hope) of expanding my data partitions on a particular system anyway for various reasons, or its non-server system. Ben > > It also becomes not so easy to debug partition issues because you can't > > see them through normal mechanisms. > > > > Anybody have an opinion on using LVM partitions? The greatest thing since > > USB to SATA adapters? Some badly done sci fi horror? It's the future, so > > just get used to it? > > > ---- > All Red Hat based installers for quite some time (3 or 4 years IIRC) > will default to using LVM for everything but the /boot partition. If you > want to go without LVM, you can choose to manually configure partitions > in the anaconda installer (and not do LVM) if that makes you feel > better. > > I don't recall ever creating another /boot partition nor ever having a > reason to do so. What I am I missing from your question? > > -- > Craig White > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss