Bernard, my experience with LVM and SLES10 is, you can click dasdfmt button in Expert Partitioner before you click LVM. It will create one partition on given DASD. Click dasdfmt for each DASD you need and then you can add them to LVM.
Marian --- Bernard Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Robert. I've always used VNC for installing. > Guess I will now have > to use SSH until they fix the problem. > About the workaround, after activating the disks, I > usually select Format > from the [Perform Action] dropdown menu. Is that > not the same as running > dasdfmt. > Can I contact you offlist so as not to burden the > rest of the community > with the details. > > Bernie Wu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >I ran into this as well; the issue is that if you > create a volume group, > >YaST doesn't bother to do the requred dasdfmt. > Begin the install, through > >activating your dasd. Drop out to an ssh session, > and do dasdfmt and fdasd > >for all the devices. Then go back to the installer > and continue. > > > > The information contained in this e-mail message is > intended only for > the personal and confidential use of the > recipient(s) named above. This > message may be an attorney-client communication > and/or work product and > as such is privileged and confidential. If the > reader of this message > is not the intended recipient or an agent > responsible for delivering it > to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that you have > received this document in error and that any review, > dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this message is strictly > prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please > notify us immediately > by e-mail, and delete the original message. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
