Hi! >[This list is for all LVM questions, not just RedHat distro questions, >yes?] Yes this list is for lvm in general ... >[BTW, is making that 4th partition a logical one, & putting more >partitions in there necessary anymore? The limitation of the 4 partitions is not a linux thing, the "Master Boot Record" (MBR) is on a single sector on your disk (sectors are usually 512Bytes big), it's a historical thing. The MBR can hold 4 entries and not more. >I'd greatly appreciate a competent GUI partitioner. I only partition >disks a few times per year, & it's great to have the GUI have the >commands available to do the partitions ... As said you may use one drive as pv and divide that into lvs. In Fedora there is also a gui for lvm, but I didn't use it really, so I can't recommend it. I always use command-line for this (partitioning (if ever necessary) with fdisk and lv-commands) The reasons for dos-partiton as Stuart said: >3) you are using the grub boot loader, which doesn't speak LVM yet 3) If you have kubuntu 10.04 (I suggest 10.4 is a spell error) you should have grub2 and therefore it should be lvm-aware even on your boot disk (but not every distro can handle this, that?s true ...) Greetings, Harald Heigl >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com] >Im Auftrag von giovanni_re >Gesendet: Samstag, 24. Juli 2010 05:28 >An: linux-lvm@redhat.com >Betreff: Disk Partitioning tools, GUI preferably- best for >LVM Logical Volume Management ; jor > >What are the best tools (ie sw) for doing disk partitioning? Preferably >GUI. but, console mode suggestions welcome if that's best, or all there >is. > >For use in KUbuntu 10.4. > >[This list is for all LVM questions, not just RedHat distro questions, >yes?] > > >== >KDE 3 used to have qtPartEd, which used to be able to actually _create_ >partitions. That's not in KDE4, ie in KUbuntu 10.4. > >I've installed GPartEd, but it can't see into LVs - Logical volumes. >Thus, it can't _create_ anything there. > >I'd greatly appreciate a competent GUI partitioner. I only partition >disks a few times per year, & it's great to have the GUI have the >commands available to do the partitions, so one doesn't have to spend >the time to keep up on the specifics of commands to deal with new disk >formats & partitioning methods, & do hand calculations of partitions >sizes, etc. > > >== >I installed KU 10.4 with the alternate installer. I've used the console >mode installer for many years, probably because it gives me the ability >to partition my disks well. > >I usually put, in order from the beginning, two Linux partititions, a >swap partition, then make a LVM for the 4th partition. & put a "/home" >partition there, then leave space for further partitions - like, if i >want to add another linux partition - so I can set up different distros >& boot into them. > > >[BTW, is making that 4th partition a logical one, & putting more >partitions in there necessary anymore? Used to be that disks were >limited at 4 partitions, & one had to make a big 4th partition & put sub >partitions inside that. After all these years - in Linux, can we yet >put as many partitions as we want without making a logical partition? I >think there was a limit of 16 partitions before. Can more than that be >done now?] > > >== >So, I've got that big LV 4th partition, with empty space (2TB drive), >and now I want to create some more linux partitions so I can install >some other distros. > >But, GPartEd doesn't show what's in the LVM. And, thus it further can't >create any partions there. - It's a tragedy GPartEd isn't better >maintained. :( > > >== >So, what are the easiest tools to create additional partions in Logical >Volumes? > >Thanks :) > >== Join in the Global weekly meetings, via VOIP, about all Free SW HW & >Culture >http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/ > >_______________________________________________ >linux-lvm mailing list >linux-lvm@redhat.com >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm >read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
