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[Dr P Dupre]

It seems complicated !!
I do not undertstand, it also seems to be a step back ?
Why was possible with FC6 is not with FC7 ?
I do not have a Raid.
It look like that by default lvm is installed, is it lvm2 (on a FC7) ?
Then it looks that I "only" have to modify the configuration file: /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
Can I have an example ? Or is there a configuration tool ?
Can I have a FC8 running on the first hdx (x < 15), and a FC6 booting on 
the sda16 ?
Is there any tool to split in 2 disks (sda and sdb) an unique physical 
disk ? Does lvm do it ? If yes, how I do to have sda16 becoming sdb0 ?
By the way, if I remember correctly, I used Parted from a dvd live 
(Gparted 0.3.1.1) and
it does not want to create partitions higher sda16.
Is there a DVD live which could do it ?

Thank.

>> AFAICT, Fedora 7+ provides no option for accessing partitions above 15 as
>> other contemporary distros do. So, you need to either rework your entire
>
> No distribution using libata provides this
>
>> FWIW, the SCSI system that the default libata drivers use is limited to 14
>> partitions with filesystems. 0 is the whole disk. 16 is past the limit. One
>> of the remaining 15 is reserved for the extended container, leaving the
>> actual place usable filesystems can live at 14.
>
> Easily fixed but Al Viro vetoed the change so take it up with him. Or use
> device mapper, which can do as many partitions as you want.
>
> Alan
>
>

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Patrick Dupré                                             pd520 at york.ac.uk
University of York                                 Department of Chemistry
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