That seems to have done the trick. Now, when I do the cat /proc/partitions command, I see the dasda and dasda1 listing for each volume.
However, somehow I think I missed the part where it tells the system the mount point for the volume group. How do I mount the group? I have already created an empty directory in the root to act as a mount point. Sorry for these really basic questions, but I warned you I was a complete beginner. Part of my problem is terminology. I have ten years of experience with Windows NT and its descendents, VM/370 and z/OS. I'm not one of those who thinks that Windows or z/OS is the RIGHT way to do something. I'm just not familiar enough, yet, with the way things are done in Linux and the way the terminology is used differently than in the other systems I've worked with. I have to keep reminding myself that when I see a term, like partition, in Linux, it may or may not mean the same thing it does in Windows or some other system. Thanks for your help. Mark, didn't you visit here once a few months ago, shortly after you began working for Novell? I'm at Cuyahoga County in Cleveland, Ohio. Paul Noble Cuyahoga County Information Service Center >>> Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/24/2007 2:50 PM >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 2:42 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Noble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, I'm really confused. I originally used Yast --> Hardware --> DASD --> > Perform > Action --> Activate, then Format. Neither of these screens has a "Do not > format" > option. > > So, now I'm not sure where in Yast you want me to go. I tried System --> > Partitioner, but I don't know where to go from there. There are "Create", > "Edit", "Delete" "dasdfmt", "LVM", "RAID" and "Expert" options. Or am I in > the wrong place. Paul, No, the partitioner is the right place. Sorry I wasn't more explicit (I usually am). Select the disk you want to create a partition on, then select "Create." This will bring up another dialog box where one of the options is "Do not Format." Select that, make sure there is no mount point listed, and then select OK. Do that for each of the disks, then go into the LVM dialog. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
