I've just done a test installation of Beta 4 using VMWare, configuring the system to use LVM for all but the / partition. A number of problems were found:
 
1. I set up the (logical) partitions in the volume group, and attempted to make the last partition smaller. I got the following error message:
 
    "Partitions sector #0 (3.9G) and #0 (1G) overlapping"
 
No overlapping partitions appeared on the graphical display!
 
2. I discovered that if you create a partition, then resize it (to make it larger) the installer would allow you to resize it to the full size of the volume group regardless of the presence of any existing partitions. Not surprising vgextend complains when you try to do this.
 
3. I also discovered that the installer would sometimes allocate the last partition of the volume group to be 1 or 2 Mbytes too large. Attempting to create a partition in this way results in a blank error message appearing (pop-up box, no error message, just an OK button). Shrink the partition by 1 or 2 Mbytes results in it being accepted.
 

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