Re: Installation over existing LVM

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On Sunday 08 July 2007 14:39, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> > The Fedora installation detects the LVM and the previously created
> > logical volume 'fedora7' but refuse to install boot on logical volume and
> > so will not proceed installation.
> > How can I proceed ? Can I install Fedora files on this logical volume,
> > and boot to it via current grub installed (on RAID-1 and which serves
> > current Debian) ?
>
> I don't think you can have /boot on an LVM.
> Certainly everyone seems to advise against it.
>
> I think the bootloader proper (the bit in the MBR or wherever)
> only has a very simple view of the partitioning,
> which would not include LVM, I imagine.
>
> If you actually have a /boot that works,
> why not just add a stanza for Fedora-7 to that?

Correct. I intend to add a grub entry for Fedora-7, but so how can I install 
Fedora-7 without any boot considerations and leave this to a later manual 
procedure ?

Thanks.
Bye,
Bruno

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