[linux-lvm] grub and lvm

[rich turner]

using a partition works fine. but i am trying to understand why i can't
write my grub bootloader to a disk that is being used as a physical
volume. is grub and lvm using the same part of the disk for its own use?


On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 11:36 -0500, Alan Jurgensen wrote:
> You may want to create a Linux LVM partition, and using that in lvm 
> (pvcreate /dev/hdb1)...
> 
> 
> rich turner wrote:
> 
> >i have a volume group built on a physical volume that is the
> >disk /dev/hdb. when i write the grub bootloader to that disk, it appears
> >that the bootloader overwrites part or all of the lvm data on that disk,
> >essentially wiping out my volume group. does anyone know if that is
> >normal or if lvm and grub indeed share the same place on the disk?
> >
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