[opensuse] Partitioning LVM in Leap installer
Hello, So I managed to get the Leap installer running from a USB stick. Did it on Fedora, even. Formatted the stick as ext4 and used live-grub-stick. It could not find grub-install which was fixed by: # ln -s /usr/sbin/grub2-install /usr/local/bin/grub-install Then it ran and now I have the installer. But I do not like the proposed partitioning of the new SSD. (Swap too small at 10G; with use of ext4 it also makes root too small at another 10G). So I wenr into expert partitioner. But I want LVM and I'm unable, so far, to get LVM. I have created a primary partition /dev/sda1 for /boot and an extender partition /dev/sda2. I used all of the extended partition for an LVM partition which is /dev/sda5. But how can I make this expert partitioner thing add a volume group and then actual volumes to the LVM partition? When I go to Volume Management, I only see the existing LVM group on the HDD and seem to have no way to add a volume on the SSD. Or do I need to partition the SSD from the command line and only then use the installer, just because I want LVM and do ont like the proposed settings? -- Yours, Mikhail Ramendik Unless explicitly stated, all opinions in my mail are my own and do not reflect the views of any organization -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Mikhail Ramendik composed on 2017-12-16 22:41 (UTC):
So I managed to get the Leap installer running from a USB stick. Did it on Fedora, even. Formatted the stick as ext4 and used live-grub-stick. It could not find grub-install which was fixed by:
# ln -s /usr/sbin/grub2-install /usr/local/bin/grub-install
Then it ran and now I have the installer. But I do not like the proposed partitioning of the new SSD. (Swap too small at 10G; with use of ext4 it also makes root too small at another 10G).
So I wenr into expert partitioner. But I want LVM and I'm unable, so far, to get LVM.
I have created a primary partition /dev/sda1 for /boot and an extender partition /dev/sda2. I used all of the extended partition for an LVM partition which is /dev/sda5.
But how can I make this expert partitioner thing add a volume group and then actual volumes to the LVM partition? When I go to Volume Management, I only see the existing LVM group on the HDD and seem to have no way to add a volume on the SSD.
Or do I need to partition the SSD from the command line and only then use the installer, just because I want LVM and do ont like the proposed settings?
The "Expert Partitioner" on http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Suse/YaST/422/yastI-PrtSugPrt422-0768.jpg is a misnomer. To reach genuinely expert partitioning you need "Create Partition Setup" so that you can choose "Custom Partitioning (for experts)": http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Suse/YaST/422/yastI-PrtCreate422-0768.jpg and then http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Suse/YaST/422/yastI-PrtExpert422-0768.jpg -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 16 December 2017 at 23:05, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
The "Expert Partitioner" on http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Suse/YaST/422/yastI-PrtSugPrt422-0768.jpg is a misnomer. To reach genuinely expert partitioning you need
"Create Partition Setup"
so that you can choose
"Custom Partitioning (for experts)":
http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Suse/YaST/422/yastI-PrtCreate422-0768.jpg
and then
http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Suse/YaST/422/yastI-PrtExpert422-0768.jpg
Thanks! This has worked, and after creating an LVM partition, the "Create" button in Volume Management contained "new volume group". It let me create a group and assign the new LVM partition to it. The rest went smoothly and I now have 42.3 running off SSD, the Crucial 250 Gb. According to gnome-disks read benchmark, the new SSD has a bit over 500 MB/s read speed and 0.08ms seek, while the 2014 WD Red HDD has about 122 Mb/s read speed and about 16ms seek. (The read speed for the HDD is somehow falling with test time; it's constant for SSD). -- Yours, Mikhail Ramendik Unless explicitly stated, all opinions in my mail are my own and do not reflect the views of any organization -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
17.12.2017 02:05, Felix Miata пишет:
Mikhail Ramendik composed on 2017-12-16 22:41 (UTC):
So I managed to get the Leap installer running from a USB stick. Did it on Fedora, even. Formatted the stick as ext4 and used live-grub-stick. It could not find grub-install which was fixed by:
# ln -s /usr/sbin/grub2-install /usr/local/bin/grub-install
Then it ran and now I have the installer. But I do not like the proposed partitioning of the new SSD. (Swap too small at 10G; with use of ext4 it also makes root too small at another 10G).
So I wenr into expert partitioner. But I want LVM and I'm unable, so far, to get LVM.
I have created a primary partition /dev/sda1 for /boot and an extender partition /dev/sda2. I used all of the extended partition for an LVM partition which is /dev/sda5.
But how can I make this expert partitioner thing add a volume group and then actual volumes to the LVM partition? When I go to Volume Management, I only see the existing LVM group on the HDD and seem to have no way to add a volume on the SSD.
Or do I need to partition the SSD from the command line and only then use the installer, just because I want LVM and do ont like the proposed settings?
The "Expert Partitioner" on http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Suse/YaST/422/yastI-PrtSugPrt422-0768.jpg is a misnomer. To reach genuinely expert partitioning you need
"Create Partition Setup"
so that you can choose
"Custom Partitioning (for experts)":
And you land in exactly "Expert Partitioner" after that. So you could just spare extra mouse click.
http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Suse/YaST/422/yastI-PrtCreate422-0768.jpg
and then
http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Suse/YaST/422/yastI-PrtExpert422-0768.jpg
-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 17/12/2017 à 07:13, Andrei Borzenkov a écrit :
17.12.2017 02:05, Felix Miata пишет:
"Create Partition Setup"
so that you can choose
"Custom Partitioning (for experts)":
And you land in exactly "Expert Partitioner" after that. So you could just spare extra mouse click.
wrong (just tested on 42.3) "expert partitioner" gives you the proposed config as default and you have to remove it, when the other way gives you a blank disk jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
17.12.2017 10:21, jdd@dodin.org пишет:
Le 17/12/2017 à 07:13, Andrei Borzenkov a écrit :
17.12.2017 02:05, Felix Miata пишет:
"Create Partition Setup"
so that you can choose
"Custom Partitioning (for experts)":
And you land in exactly "Expert Partitioner" after that. So you could just spare extra mouse click.
wrong (just tested on 42.3)
"expert partitioner" gives you the proposed config as default and you have to remove it, when the other way gives you a blank disk
Strictly speaking the other way starts with whatever is currently on disk, so unless you happen to have completely blank disk there is not much difference in term of extra works. Anyway, the point is that "Expert Partitioner" is not "misnomer" - you just get different initial setup depending on how you got there. And if the only problem was swap size, going to Expert Partitioner and simply resizing two volumes still takes less mouse clicks than starting from scratch. But sure, there are a lot of ways to skin proverbial cat ... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Andrei Borzenkov composed on 2017-12-17 10:42 (UTC+0300):
jdd@dodin.org composed:
Andrei Borzenkov composed:
Felix Miata composed:
"Create Partition Setup"
so that you can choose
"Custom Partitioning (for experts)":
And you land in exactly "Expert Partitioner" after that. So you could just spare extra mouse click.
wrong (just tested on 42.3)
"expert partitioner" gives you the proposed config as default and you have to remove it, when the other way gives you a blank disk
Strictly speaking the other way starts with whatever is currently on disk, so unless you happen to have completely blank disk there is not much difference in term of extra works.
Anyway, the point is that "Expert Partitioner" is not "misnomer" - you just get different initial setup depending on how you got there. And if the only problem was swap size, going to Expert Partitioner and simply resizing two volumes still takes less mouse clicks than starting from scratch.
But sure, there are a lot of ways to skin proverbial cat ...
Maybe for some people. The thread's OP was not able to get where he wanted to be that way, and I, who always fully partitions in advance of beginning any installation, never have, at least, not in the past 8-10 years. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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