On Wed, 2012-12-26 at 22:11 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 12/26/2012 08:51 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > > On Dec 26, 2012, at 5:03 AM, Ed Greshko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> What I wanted to do was create a large physical volume and then create > >> several logical volumes within and some un-allocated space. I want to do > >> this since I'm not certain as to the ultimate size needs of the partitions > >> as time goes by. So, if need be, I can add to a partition or shrink a > >> partition. > >> > >> I could find no way to do this in the "customize" partition layout of F18. > >> I'm pretty sure it could be done in F17. > >> > >> Am I missing something or is this feature not yet available but planned? > > I'm not understanding what point you're getting lost. On a 2TB disk, I can > > create one partition that goes to an LVM VG, from which I create four LVs: > > swap, root, boot, home. 4GB, 50GB, 500MB, and 50GB respectively. The > > remaining 1.99TB is unallocated. > > > > BTW this single partition, everything in LVM, is GRUB2 bootable. > > Well, maybe I'm confused.... So, would you mind to show the output of > "pvscan" for your system? > > > -- > Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build > bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce > bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -- Rick Cook, The > Wizardry Compiled
You cannot create the LV's using the installer. You have to do that manually using the LVM tools. Once you have created them, the installer will let you format them and mount them. Dan Krawchuk
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