Installation over existing LVM
Bruno Costacurta
pubmb01 at skynet.be
Sun Jul 8 09:49:36 UTC 2007
On Saturday 07 July 2007 16:08, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> > Question:
> > Is it possible to install FC7 on an already defined Logical Volume ?
>
> It's certainly possible, because I did it not long ago.
> Here's my fstab:
> ---------------------------
> [tim at alfred ~]$ cat /etc/fstab
> /dev/VolGroup00/slash / ext3 defaults 1 1
> LABEL=/boot1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
> devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
> tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
> /dev/VolGroup00/home /home ext3 defaults 1 2
> /dev/VolGroup00/opt /opt ext3 defaults 1 2
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
> /dev/VolGroup00/tmp /tmp ext3 defaults 1 2
> /dev/VolGroup00/usr /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
> /dev/VolGroup00/var /var ext3 defaults 1 2
> /dev/VolGroup00/www /www ext3 defaults 1 2
> /dev/VolGroup00/swap swap swap defaults 0 0
> LABEL=/common /common ext3 defaults 1 2
> ---------------------------
>
> > Note:
> > I have three disks:
> > first two = RAID-1 with Debian installed
> > third disk =LVM and I would like to install FC7 on it.
>
> How does fdisk see your disk?
> Mine says
> ---------------------------
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sdb1 * 1 2433 19543041 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/sdb2 2434 2446 104422+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sdb3 2451 3424 7823655 81 Minix / old Linux
> /dev/sdb4 3425 36472 265458060 5 Extended
> /dev/sdb5 3425 4033 4891761 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/sdb6 4034 36472 260566236 8e Linux LVM
> ---------------------------
>
fdisk -l /dev/sdb :
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 24321 195358401 8e Linux LVM
lvdisplay :
/home/bruno: sudo lvdisplay
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/VolGroup01/downloads
VG Name VolGroup01
LV UUID 1moL8p-rULZ-i0qY-GCFo-P54S-YjF4-g5jrN3
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 0
LV Size 50.00 GB
Current LE 12800
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors 0
Block device 253:0
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/VolGroup01/fedora7
VG Name VolGroup01
LV UUID uNYm79-CMA0-fIrP-Tfdb-JwOq-p2XT-jFrntq
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 0
LV Size 15.00 GB
Current LE 3840
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors 0
Block device 253:1
The /dev/VolGroup01/downloads is mounted as /mnt/downl and in use.
cat /etc/fstab :
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/md0 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/VolGroup01/downloads /mnt/downl ext3 defaults
none /selinux selinuxfs noauto 0 0
The Fedora installation detects the LVM and the previously created logical
volume 'fedora7' but refuse to install boot on logical volume and so will not
proceed installation.
How can I proceed ? Can I install Fedora files on this logical volume, and
boot to it via current grub installed (on RAID-1 and which serves current
Debian) ?
Note: also the lettering for this (third) drive dedicated to LVM is different
between Debian and Fedora: sdb for Debian, sdc for Fedora.
Thanks for attention.
Bye,
Bruno
>
>
> --
> Timothy Murphy
> e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
> tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
> s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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