Hello SuSE experts, Since nobody replied, I will update my attempts at mastering LVM, and a few simple questions. I previously wrote:
Hello Suse People, and Merry Chistmas to you all.
I have decided to install SuSE 10. This time around I want to use LVM to manage my partitions. Tired of running out of space. Having trouble setting up my partitions. If I accept my present partition table I can create an LV and put those physical volumes into it.
However, I want to delete one and change others. So when I do that I can't create the LV. It tells me I have to create a partition, do not format it, and make sure it is designated 0x8e. Must have done that 50 times. It will not pick up the other PV's. ...........<snip the rest>...........
The howto's I have weren't very clear so I kept trying different options until I figured it out. The biggest thing was that you Cannot assign a mount point for a partition until the very last stage, after everyting is set up in the LVM. If anyone else needs help for this tricky procedure, (for me anyway) I would be happy to help with a step by step. Now the questions: 1. Why ???? does the partitioner want to label the hard drive ms dos ?? I suppose it is not critical but it just aggravates me and I can't seem to find a way to change it. 2. When using the LVM do you, or do you not, need to create an extended partition? Not anxioux to go through the routine another 3 or 4 times to find out. Hope everybody out there had great Holidays. Bob S.