2012/5/23 Steven Chamberlain <[email protected]>: > I wasn't sure so I just tried it... it seems GNU/kFreeBSD's d-i doesn't > have the means to manage LVM. But I read recently that it should at > least able to detect existing LVM volumes:
That's correct. The meta-data is readonly but new file systems can be created using pre-existing volumes. > I tried creating an ext2-formatted LVM2 volume on an msdos primary > partition from Squeeze GNU/Linux, but d-i didn't see that either; it > only listed the 'physical volume' msdos partition, as unused. > > Maybe the metadata needs to be old LVM (not LVM2) for the FreeBSD kernel > to understand it? Or perhaps partitioning must be different. It works fine, at least with the LVM version created by Squeeze D-I. You just need to load the module by hand, see: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2012/04/msg00232.html -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOfDtXOG_1wK_Yp2Y=rcm0brffnjxzbhtpbmu5daw7ir6kc...@mail.gmail.com
