And if you install with VNC it is even worse because you cannot SSH until after install is complete. In SLES9 SSH was up during VNC, not in SLES10
marian --- RPN01 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ran into this as well; the issue is that if you > create a volume group, > YaST doesn't bother to do the requred dasdfmt. Begin > the install, through > activating your dasd. Drop out to an ssh session, > and do dasdfmt and fdasd > for all the devices. Then go back to the installer > and continue. > > I reported this problem to Novell. They seem to not > feel that it is a big > issue.... > -- > .~. Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation > /V\ RO-OC-1-13 200 First Street > SW > / ( ) \ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 > ^^-^^ ----- > "In theory, theory and practice are the > same, but > in practice, theory and practice are > different." > > > > From: "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port > <[email protected]> > > Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:42:54 -0500 > > To: <[email protected]> > > Conversation: Errors when trying to put root on > LVM during SLES10 install > > Subject: Re: Errors when trying to put root on LVM > during SLES10 install > > > > I personally recommend _not_ putting your root > file system in an LV. > > However, since you want to do that, _exactly_ how > is it failing? > > > > > > Mark Post > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux on 390 Port > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Bernard Wu > > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:52 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Errors when trying to put root on LVM > during SLES10 install > > > > Hi List, > > I've been getting errors when trying to put root > on a LVM during the > > SLES10 install. > > I took a mod-9 and carved out 3 minidisks. > > 100 for /boot > > 102 for / > > 103 for swap > > > > I then activated all 3 devices, formatted them, > created /boot, swap, and > > volume group vgsystem. Under vgsystem, I then > created 4 logical volumes > > , lvvar, lvusr, lvroot and lvtmp and assigned them > to /var , /usr, /, > > and /tmp. > > > > However, when I tried to continue, the install > would fail. > > > > A quick google , showed a hit , in which the > solution was to run "fdasd > > -a " . I opened another SSH session, and tried > the "fdasd -a" command, > > but that failed also. > > > > Has anyone been successful with putting root on an > LVM and is willing to > > share their steps and procedures they went through > to get there. > > > > TIA > > Bernie Wu > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
