>>> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:19 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael MacIsaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > 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. -snip- > 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 :)). > This is what I've always done. If you want to give a partition to LVM, you have to create it first.
-snip- > 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 If you're not creating a single partition on /dev/dasdb, you're asking for trouble at some point in the future. *Every* DASD volume formatted in CDL must have at least one partition defined for it. You wouldn't do it on a midrange system (pipe down Rick, I know you would), and you shouldn't do it here. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
