From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EzufT-0002K7-HX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:43:00 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k0KBgj5W032197; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:42:45 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k0KBghZN019986 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:42:44 GMT Message-Id: <200601201142.k0KBghZN019986@robin.gentoo.org> Received: from lark.gentoo.osuosl.org ([140.211.166.177] helo=lark.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with smtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EzufD-0000sk-Ji for gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:42:43 +0000 Received: by lark.gentoo.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:42:43 +0000 From: "Xavier Neys" Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:42:43 +0000 To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: lvm2.xml Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 4bcdd143-a35b-4ceb-8078-31d56c9eca45 X-Archives-Hash: 6714067c7cd08df394ea7292f2435d82 neysx 06/01/20 11:42:43 Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en lvm2.xml Log: #116288 Do not activate swap until you're done with the partitioning, and a well needed refresh Revision Changes Path 1.17 +43 -34 xml/htdocs/doc/en/lvm2.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/lvm2.xml?rev=1.17&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/lvm2.xml?rev=1.17&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/lvm2.xml.diff?r1=1.16&r2=1.17&cvsroot=gentoo Index: lvm2.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/lvm2.xml,v retrieving revision 1.16 retrieving revision 1.17 diff -u -r1.16 -r1.17 --- lvm2.xml 3 Oct 2005 22:49:15 -0000 1.16 +++ lvm2.xml 20 Jan 2006 11:42:43 -0000 1.17 @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ - + - + Gentoo LVM2 installation @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ -2.0.11 -2005-08-17 +2.1 +2006-01-20 Introduction @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ LVM2 support such as a Gentoo Installation CD. You can find the Installation CDs for an x86 architecture on our mirrors under -/releases/x86/2005.1/installcd. Other architectures might +/releases/x86/2005.1-r1/installcd. Other architectures might be supported as well.

@@ -134,21 +134,16 @@

-Create a small physical /boot partition (hda1). In this example, /boot will be -not managed by LVM2. This partition will contain your bootloader and your -kernel(s). A 64MB partition should be well enough for quite a few kernel -generations. +Create a small physical /boot partition (hda1). In this example, +/boot will be not managed by LVM2. This partition will contain +your bootloader and your kernel(s). A 64MB partition should be well enough for +quite a few kernel generations.

-Create a swap partition (hda2) and activate it. +Create a swap partition (hda2).

-
-# mkswap /dev/hda2
-# swapon /dev/hda2
-
-

Create a / (root) partition (hda3). If you are interested in trying to put your root partition under LVM management (which we do not recommend), see the @@ -167,10 +162,10 @@

-Assuming the /boot, swap and root partitions do not use the whole physical disk, -create a fourth partition on this disk and set it to type 8e (Linux LVM). -If you have more physical drives you would like to use with LVM, create -one partition on each and give them the same type (8e). +Assuming the /boot, swap and root partitions do not use the whole +physical disk, create a fourth partition on this disk and set it to type 8e +(Linux LVM). If you have more physical drives you would like to use with LVM, +create one partition on each and give them the same type (8e).

@@ -184,6 +179,12 @@

+Create the filesystems on /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda3, +and create and activate the swap on /dev/hda2 as described in the +handbook. +

+ +

Load the LVM2 dm-mod module.

@@ -192,13 +193,22 @@

-Scan and activate LVM: +Before scanning and activating LVM, you might want to edit +/etc/lvm/lvm.conf to exclude some devices. By default, LVM2 will +scan all devices, even your CDROM which can generate error messages. In the +following exemple, the line that allows scanning of all devices is replaced by +one that rejects every device but our two IDE disks. 

-(Avoid scanning your cdrom)
-# mkdir -p /etc/lvm
-# echo 'devices { filter=["r/cdrom/"] }' >/etc/lvm/lvm.conf
+(Avoid scanning all devices but our disks)
+# nano -w /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
+(Look for the following line)
+    filter = [ "a/.*/" ]
+(Replace it with the following one to scan
+/dev/hda and /dev/hdb and reject anything else)
+    filter = [ "a|/dev/hd[ab]|", "r/.*/" ]
+(Save the file and quit nano)
 # vgscan
   Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
   No volume groups found
@@ -389,16 +399,16 @@
 
 
 # emerge lvm2
-(At the time of writing, the stable version is 2.00.08.
-With version 2.00.08, prevent lvm2 from probing your cdrom by doing:
-# echo 'devices { filter=["r/cdrom/"] }' >> /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
-
-(Versions 2.00.15 and later come with a /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
-Edit your /etc/lvm/lvm.conf and follow the comments
-# nano -w /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
 

 
 

+Edit /etc/lvm/lvm.conf as described earlier. The file you previously edited is part of
+your installation environment and will disappear after the next reboot.  This
+time, you edit the real one inside your new Gentoo install.
+

+
+

 When editing your /etc/fstab file, follow the handbook and add
 your LVM2 logical volumes as needed.  Again, here are a few lines needed for
 our example:
@@ -481,10 +491,9 @@
     The LVM Howto
   
   
  • 
-    Daniel Robbins's articles on LVM at IBM's DeveloperWorks:
-    http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lvm/?dwzone=linux
-    and 
-    http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lvm2.html?dwzone=linux
+    Daniel Robbins's articles on LVM for IBM's DeveloperWorks: Part 1 and Part 2
   
    • 
   
  • 
     How to boot your root FS off of LVM1:



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