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The Logical Volume Manager (LVM) - Part 2 (3111 words) |
 | The difference to a setup where the root-system is stored on a physical partition and LVM only manages extra space is that LVM is usually activated during boot time, but for this setup it already has to be active before the just-started kernel can even mount the root filesystem to start the init process. |
| Do not immediately go into LVM setup, although it is presented to you right at the beginning next to the partitioning option and there is a partitioning option in the LVM setup dialog which could be used. |
| The problem is that at installation time the LVM setup including the device files for the logical volumes exists in the installation system only, but LILO runs chroot in the installed system, which does not have those device files yet since they are created automatically as soon as that system boots up. |
| Notes on using logical volumes and the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) (2404 words) |
| The term LVM strictly applies to the Logical Volume Manager (the replacement for FDISK) but it is commonly used as a name for the whole 'system' that implements logical volumes. |
| That is, use LVM to delete any existing Boot Manager, then install it again (thus updating the copy on your hard disk to the version embedded in LVM). |
| Ask LVM to create a new volume, and when it asks if it's to use an existing partition, say yes and then tell it the partition that used to be drive F:. |
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