Mark, > It's always worked fine for me. > I just went through a new SP1 install on my test What steps did you take? I found if you leave space on /dev/dasda, then click "LVM", that the free space on /dev/dasda would not be available for use in a volume group.
> system, just to make sure nothing had changed with SP1. I am using a SLES 10 SP2 beta - but I will assume that should not be any different. A colleague suggested a way to get this accomplished. I have two 3338 cyl minidisks that become /dev/dasda and /dev/dasdb. From the "Expert Partitioner" window: 1) Click "Create" => choose "/dev/dasda" => choose "Format, ext3" => choose your size and "Mount point" (/ for example) 2) Click "Create" => choose "/dev/dasda" => choose "Do not format" => enter all blanks for "Mount point" (I see now that the last entry in the dropdown menu is "blanks" - aha - the hidden key :)). Then when you click the "LVM" button /dev/dasda2 and /dev/dasdb are available. Note the inconsistentcy - I did not have to create a /dev/dasdb1 for /dev/dasdb to be available to LVM, but I did have to do this extra step for /dev/dasda. I would suggest for the installer to be more usable, that any volume with free space be available for use by LVM. Or there should be an entry on the "Create a primary partition" window to suggest "for use with LVM". FWIW. "Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) 433-7061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
