On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 17:44 +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > I'm now downloading the alternate CD but was wondering whether someone > can give me a quick answer before I finish the (slow) download and > burn/reboot cycle - is it possible to install 7.10 into a new LV > inside an existing VG?
Yes, using the alternate CD, but even then its not as easy as it can be. Multiple LVM support in installers is a problem for most distros - for example, the Fedora disk wizard is really bad in that it either puts each drive in its own LVM or doesn't let you create more then one LVM and you have no control over which is which except for the order that you create partitions. OpenSuSE installer is a bit better but still very confusing. I think that Mandriva's diskdrake is still the best installer-bound disk partitioning and one of the best partitioning software out there (gparted has slightly better interface) - which is the reason why I always carry a Mandriva live CD with me even though its no longer my recommended operating system. The Ubuntu regular CD doesn't come with LVM support, mostly as it is geared towards "normal desktop" users and LVM is considered an "enterprise" feature by Canonical. Under the same vain, Ubuntu lacks many other "enterprise" features which I need like LDAP authentication - and that is currently the only reason I don't use it in my "enterprise". -- Oded ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
