[linux-lvm] Reducing the size of a physical volume

[Luca Berra]

I confirm Mandrake 9.2 is able to install on LVM.
That includes booting from LVM and using a LV as root fileystem.
you need to chose expert install to be able to do this tough.

Regards,
L.
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 09:31:25AM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
>On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 17:20, Charles Lacour wrote:
>> 
>> I wanted to check out Mandrake 9.2,
>
>Good idea.  :-)
>
>> so I set up a "mandrake"
>> logical volume, but Mandrake doesn't seem to support LVM
>
>[ disclaimer: I have not gone through an "installation" of 9.2 yet --
>all of my systems were 9.1 which I just urpmi --auto-select upgraded
>after reconfiguring the sources -- but unless anything has changed since
>9.1, my comments should be accurate ]
>
>It sure does!  Diskdrake has supported creating PVs, VGs and LVs for
>quite a few releases now but not creating / as an LV.  As of the last
>release or two, I submitted enhancements to the installer to allow
>installation onto a root LV.
>
>Did you choose "Expert" installation, or choose the "Advanced" mode when
>you got into Diskdrake?  You likely need to do that to see the LVM
>options.



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