Hi, Specifically for the LVM issue on Ubuntu alternate installaiton: I found it quite featureful (I installed my laptop that way *and* use LVM), though as I said, the installer is debian based, and it might not be intuitive for the regular user.
- Noam On 10/26/07, Oded Arbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] > > ================================================================= 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]
