Re: grub + lvm -- LDM (not LVM)

[Casey Boone <caseyboone@gmail.com>]

> Er, that post is on NT5+ LDM (Logical Disk Manager) not LVM
> (Linux/Logical Volume Manager).
>

i know, but you mentioned lvm specifically in the post which is how i
found it in the first place.


> > i personally would like to have my entire hda as an lvm physical
> > volume rather than hda1 or hda2.  i suppose that there isnt much of a
> > disk space difference, but it is my understanding that ppc linux
> > distros can use hda as the pv and still boot.
> > oh well, add another to the wish list
>
> GRUB _should_ work with LVM/LVM2.

/boot has to be on a non-lvm partition it looks like, cannot find any
information to the contrary

>
> LILO basically works with anything, because it just blindly and
> statically boots a specific address.

the lilo config i have found for lvm involves /boot being on a non lvm
partition, it might but i cannot find anything that says definatively
it does.  it isnt helping that most of my google hits are in languages
i dont speak (especially with search preferences set to us).

Casey

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