LVM - Install F9 without LVM

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Thu Jul 31 03:50:25 UTC 2008


edik077 at gmail.com
>> Bob, choose manual partioning with disk druid. Check the box: "Allow
>> me to review and make changes" or something like that. The you'll be
>> able to see a single VolumeGroup that includes the Logical Volumes.
>> Delete, first the Logical Volumes then the VolumeGroup. After that,
>> create at minimum the following partitions: /boot, /, /home, and a
>> swap partition. It depends what you wanna use the box for. If it is a
>> desktop the previous scheme will work if it is a server use /boot, /,
>> /tmp, /var /usr and a swap partitions.
>>
>> Personally I use LVM on my boxes on a couple of desktops like this scheme:
>> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
>> LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2

Bob:
> I was of the understanding that /boot could not reside on a logical
> volume (ref. fedora 9 install notes on fedora.redhat.com.  From your
> comments it appears that /boot can reside on a logical volume without
> difficulty.

No, the prior poster did not suggest that.  They said to create a
separate boot partition.



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