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On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:42:59 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>>> Little light bulb here. physical volume is the same as a physical |
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>>> drive? If I understand it correctly, it is the whole thing |
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>>> unpartitioned. |
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>>> |
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>> No. A physical volume is an area of disk. It can be the whole disk but it |
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>> more usually a partition. |
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> Ooooh. Still some progress tho. lol So, if I was going to use LVM, I |
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> create a partition first, either whole drive or part of it then use LVM on |
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> that? Then comes in the rest of the stuff that I am still trying to get a |
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> grip on. |
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> This reminds me of catching a catfish. It's slimy and hard to get a grip |
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> on. lol |
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> Dale |
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Dale, |
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As for the 'whole disk' hint, I think what Neil means is that the |
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drive doesn't need to be partitioned at all. I.e., instead of |
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mke2fs -j /dev/sda3 |
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think |
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mke2fs -j /dev/sda |
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- Mark |
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