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On Friday 21 December 2007 18:46:52 Mick wrote: |
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> The problem with some distros installation scripts is that they are |
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> trying to be too clever for their own good. As a result they some times |
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> behave like MS Windows and unless you whip them into submission they |
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> could trash your system! |
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Exactly the cause of my nervousness. |
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> What I always do is to create the partitions and LV that I want and then |
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> instruct the distro in question to install itself in there. Of course if |
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> the distro in question does not have an LVM compatible kernel then you'll |
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> need to install it using a different medium (with a kernel that has all |
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> the necessary drivers) and untar the distro's fs into your partitions of |
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> choice. |
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So much simpler just to manage my own partitions. Good for the confidence, |
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too, not to mention the feeling of knowing what's going on. |
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The rest of the world will no doubt continue to keep up with all the latest |
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developments, but in this respect I prefer to remain a dinosaur. (They did, |
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after all, rule the world for hundreds of millions of years, even if |
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they're not still around today - thousands of times longer than we can yet |
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claim.) |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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