PVcreate in extended logical partitions

[Clyde E. Kunkel]

Markku Kolkka wrote:
> Darwin H. Webb kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika perjantai, 9. 
> joulukuuta 2005 04:54):
>> So I would like someone to verify that the anaconda install
>> routine using the disk druid graphic partitioner can create
>> LVM items on the extended logical partitions
> 
> Yes, it can do that. This is my partition layout, created in the 
> Anaconda installer:
> fdisk -l /dev/sda
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *           1        5222    41945683+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2            5223        5235      104422+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda3            5236        8790    28555537+  8e  Linux LVM
> /dev/sda4            8791       19457    85682677+   5  Extended
> /dev/sda5            8791       12345    28555506   8e  Linux LVM
> /dev/sda6           12346       15901    28563538+  8e  Linux LVM
> /dev/sda7           15902       17118     9775521   83  Linux
> 

Agreed.  It can do it.  However, system-config-lvm fails with:
# system-config-lvm
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/sbin/system-config-lvm", line 138, in ?
     runFullGUI()
   File "/usr/sbin/system-config-lvm", line 123, in runFullGUI
     blvm = baselvm(glade_xml, app)
   File "/usr/sbin/system-config-lvm", line 68, in __init__
     self.lvmm = lvm_model()
   File "/usr/share/system-config-lvm/lvm_model.py", line 142, in __init__
     self.__block_device_model = BlockDeviceModel()
   File "/usr/share/system-config-lvm/BlockDeviceModel.py", line 19, in 
__init__
     bd = BlockDevice(devname)
   File "/usr/share/system-config-lvm/BlockDevice.py", line 41, in __init__
     self.reload()
   File "/usr/share/system-config-lvm/BlockDevice.py", line 62, in reload
     self.addNoAlign(part.beg, part.end, part.id, part.bootable, part.num)
   File "/usr/share/system-config-lvm/BlockDevice.py", line 200, in 
addNoAlign
     raise BlockDeviceErr_extended()
BlockDevice.BlockDeviceErr_extended: 
<BlockDevice.BlockDeviceErr_extended instance at 0xb7bd81ec>

I am not a programmer, but I read this that the gui is not happy with 
extended partitions.


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