>>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 4:55 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Collinson.Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was trying to do this with a new guest by putting the following > directories in LVM (group "system" with one volume-204): > > /usr > > /var > > /opt > > /home
I would throw /tmp in there as well. -snip- > Also, I tried to set up the v-disks as FBA (using SWAPGEN) since I > thought that was required for SLES9-64bit, but wound up having to use > DIAG instead to get through Partitioner. If anyone knows how to make > FBA disks work for the initial install, let me in on the secret. You don't want to use the FBA driver. You do want to use the DIAG driver. Much better performance that way. > If the actual answer > to both of these problems is "you can't do that from here-get a good > bare-bones install and then modify the server accordingly", I'll > understand... Thanks! You should be able to do what you want. I do it all the time, even using AutoYaST to do the install. Check what Robert said about making sure you create a partition on the volume to be used for LVM. 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
