Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 06:45:00AM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sven> On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 08:50:48PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad > Sven> wrote: > > >> I created a partition with type Linux_LVM and name LVM_Test > >> using m

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 06:45:00AM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sven> On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 08:50:48PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad > Sven> wrote: > > >> I created a partition with type Linux_LVM and name LVM_Test > >> using m

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-11 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sven> On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 08:50:48PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad Sven> wrote: >> I created a partition with type Linux_LVM and name LVM_Test >> using mac-fdisk. I put an ext3 file system on the partition so >> I could fsck/mo

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-11 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sven> On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 08:50:48PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad Sven> wrote: >> I created a partition with type Linux_LVM and name LVM_Test >> using mac-fdisk. I put an ext3 file system on the partition so >> I could fsck/mo

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 08:50:48PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > "Michael" == Michael Schmitz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Michael> s/MockOS/MacOS/g > > Michael> to anything but Apple_Bootstrap, Apple_HFS, > Michael> Apple_UNIX_SVR2 or Apple_Free. If you're sure (or

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 08:50:48PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > "Michael" == Michael Schmitz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Michael> s/MockOS/MacOS/g > > Michael> to anything but Apple_Bootstrap, Apple_HFS, > Michael> Apple_UNIX_SVR2 or Apple_Free. If you're sure (or

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-10 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Michael" == Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> s/MockOS/MacOS/g Michael> to anything but Apple_Bootstrap, Apple_HFS, Michael> Apple_UNIX_SVR2 or Apple_Free. If you're sure (or just Michael> reasonably confident) Linux_LVM will be ignored by Michae

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-10 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Michael" == Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> s/MockOS/MacOS/g Michael> to anything but Apple_Bootstrap, Apple_HFS, Michael> Apple_UNIX_SVR2 or Apple_Free. If you're sure (or just Michael> reasonably confident) Linux_LVM will be ignored by Michae

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:49:45PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > Why? Because we don't know how MockOS will react to a partition _type_ set > > > > I don't know any MockOS, please provide real examples. > > s/MockOS/MacOS/g > > > > to anything but Apple_Bootstrap, Apple_HFS, Apple_UNIX_SVR2

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-10 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Why? Because we don't know how MockOS will react to a partition _type_ set > > I don't know any MockOS, please provide real examples. s/MockOS/MacOS/g > > to anything but Apple_Bootstrap, Apple_HFS, Apple_UNIX_SVR2 or Apple_Free. > > If you're sure (or just reasonably confident) Linux_LVM wil

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 11:13:07AM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > Parted converts flags to funky partition type names, i think. Not idea, > > > > but it > > > > works, like said, i think parted is inherently broken on this, but > > > > there is > > > > not much we can do at this time. > >

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-10 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > > Parted converts flags to funky partition type names, i think. Not idea, > > > but it > > > works, like said, i think parted is inherently broken on this, but there > > > is > > > not much we can do at this time. > > > > They might have done this following a comment of mine (my memory id fu

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:49:45PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > Why? Because we don't know how MockOS will react to a partition _type_ set > > > > I don't know any MockOS, please provide real examples. > > s/MockOS/MacOS/g > > > > to anything but Apple_Bootstrap, Apple_HFS, Apple_UNIX_SVR2

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-10 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Why? Because we don't know how MockOS will react to a partition _type_ set > > I don't know any MockOS, please provide real examples. s/MockOS/MacOS/g > > to anything but Apple_Bootstrap, Apple_HFS, Apple_UNIX_SVR2 or Apple_Free. > > If you're sure (or just reasonably confident) Linux_LVM wil

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 11:13:07AM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > Parted converts flags to funky partition type names, i think. Not idea, > > > > but it > > > > works, like said, i think parted is inherently broken on this, but > > > > there is > > > > not much we can do at this time. > >

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-10 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > > Parted converts flags to funky partition type names, i think. Not idea, > > > but it > > > works, like said, i think parted is inherently broken on this, but there > > > is > > > not much we can do at this time. > > > > They might have done this following a comment of mine (my memory id fu

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 05:31:31PM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello, > On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 11:26:47AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Well, I was told differently by a Debian Developer on Linuxtag, who > > > > Who was it ? > > Martin Michlmayr. > > > > Well, lvm works nicly. The only

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 12:21:35PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sven> No, lvm could be added to partman in no time, but Colin > Sven> Watson voted against this, and rightly so, since he claimed > Sven> that we should not use a

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sven> No, lvm could be added to partman in no time, but Colin Sven> Watson voted against this, and rightly so, since he claimed Sven> that we should not use a quick hack, but come to a consensus Sven> on the way of doing this wi

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 05:53:40PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > There is no such thing as flags for most things in Mac partition tables > > > > Parted converts flags to funky partition type names, i think. Not idea, but > > it > > works, like said, i think parted is inherently broken on th

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > There is no such thing as flags for most things in Mac partition tables > > Parted converts flags to funky partition type names, i think. Not idea, but it > works, like said, i think parted is inherently broken on this, but there is > not much we can do at this time. They might have done this

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 11:26:47AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Well, I was told differently by a Debian Developer on Linuxtag, who > > Who was it ? Martin Michlmayr. > > Well, lvm works nicly. The only "trick" is to set it up on the command > > line during the install (i.e., leave the

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 02:48:59PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Ok. The main problem is that there is no LVM flag for mac partition tables, > > i > > There is no such thing as flags for most things in Mac partition tables Parted converts flags to funky partition type names, i think. Not ide

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Michael Schmitz
> Ok. The main problem is that there is no LVM flag for mac partition tables, i There is no such thing as flags for most things in Mac partition tables (I'm sure there are some unused bits somewhere in the partition data but that's all undocumented and Apple could come and change the meaning of th

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 11:00:48AM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello, > On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 10:55:09AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > No, lvm could be added to partman in no time, but Colin Watson voted against > > this, and rightly so, since he claimed that we should not use a quick hack,

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 10:55:09AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > No, lvm could be added to partman in no time, but Colin Watson voted against > this, and rightly so, since he claimed that we should not use a quick hack, > but come to a consensus on the way of doing this with both the d-i team

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 09:08:37AM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello, > On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 10:32:57PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > I was using d-i daily build for powerpc (Jan 4, 2005) to install on an > > Apple Dual G5 (PowerMac7,3). > > > > I find that the LVM menu items in the ins

Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 10:32:57PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > I was using d-i daily build for powerpc (Jan 4, 2005) to install on an > Apple Dual G5 (PowerMac7,3). > > I find that the LVM menu items in the installer do not work in a > manner very similar to what is described in this bug

Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation

2005-01-07 Thread Shyamal Prasad
Hi, I was using d-i daily build for powerpc (Jan 4, 2005) to install on an Apple Dual G5 (PowerMac7,3). I find that the LVM menu items in the installer do not work in a manner very similar to what is described in this bug report (though this report is for a x86 machine). Basically I cannot cre