On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 02:00:12PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > mac-fdisk won't allow me to create a 0x8e partition, thus precluding > > LVM usage... any solutions in view? Would pmac-fdisk or parted do the > > job? > > There's no such thing as a numerical partition type in Apple partition > maps. cfdisk or parted could be used to create a different partition table > (precluding use of MacOS). Or LVM could be made Apple partition format > aware (using either a new partition type or partition name for detection; > I'd prefer the partition name (like, "LVM 1" etc. as that can easily be > added with mac-fdisk. (Creating other partition types is only marginally > more difficult, simply us 'C' instead of 'c' to create the partition). > > To reiterate: I don't see any solution without making LVM accept Apple > partition maps in the first place. Which part of LVM checks the partition > type? Can you show me some sample code? > Stick #define __alpha__ at the top of tools/lib/pv_get_size.c and it will skip the partition type check. -- patrick _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
