Installing debian on a multiple disk system (LVM)
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From: Mathieu Malaterre on 3 Dec 2009 12:00 Hi there, For the first time I am trying to install debian on a system with multiple disk. I was hoping that the debian installed would be kind enough with me to as to propose to group all those physical volume into a single LVM group. So that I could just do as usual and spli this LVM volume group. Could someone please let me know how to do that ? I think I should be able to simply group those disk into a single LVM group (and then later resize as needed). Thanks ! -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: S Scharf on 3 Dec 2009 12:10 On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Mathieu Malaterre < mathieu.malaterre(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > For the first time I am trying to install debian on a system with > multiple disk. I was hoping that the debian installed would be kind > enough with me to as to propose to group all those physical volume > into a single LVM group. So that I could just do as usual and spli > this LVM volume group. > > Could someone please let me know how to do that ? I think I should > be able to simply group those disk into a single LVM group (and then > later resize as needed). > > Thanks ! > -- > Mathieu > > > I've never tried that but you should be able to do it from an expert install with the manual partition option Stuart
From: Mathieu Malaterre on 3 Dec 2009 12:30 On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:09 PM, S Scharf <ss11223(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Mathieu Malaterre > <mathieu.malaterre(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi there, >> >> For the first time I am trying to install debian on a system with >> multiple disk. I was hoping that the debian installed would be kind >> enough with me to as to propose to group all those physical volume >> into a single LVM group. So that I could just do as usual and spli >> this LVM volume group. >> >> Could someone please let me know how to do that ? I think I should >> be able to simply group those disk into a single LVM group (and then >> later resize as needed). >> >> Thanks ! >> -- >> Mathieu >> >> > > I've never tried that but you should be able to do it from an expert install > with the > manual partition option No that was a user-mistake. You should leave the installer do a first 'guided partitioning', then you have access to the software RAID partionning. Then for each disk that is marked 'FREE SPACE' you need to select it and state 'use for RAID'. Once all physical volume are setup as RAID, select the RAID entry (should be the first before the physical disk), then setup your LVM volume group on it. I cannot believe this is free software :) -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Johannes Wiedersich on 3 Dec 2009 12:50 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > No that was a user-mistake. You should leave the installer do a first > 'guided partitioning', then you have access to the software RAID > partionning. Then for each disk that is marked 'FREE SPACE' you need > to select it and state 'use for RAID'. > Once all physical volume are setup as RAID, select the RAID entry > (should be the first before the physical disk), then setup your LVM > volume group on it. > > I cannot believe this is free software :) Been there, done that. Works great -- except for hardware problems, though ;-( Cheers, Johannes -- Johannes Three nations have not officially adopted the International System of Units as their primary or sole system of measurement: Burma, Liberia, and the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_units -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Andrew Sackville-West on 3 Dec 2009 16:30 On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 06:25:40PM +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:09 PM, S Scharf <ss11223(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Mathieu Malaterre > > <mathieu.malaterre(a)gmail.com> wrote: [...] > >> For the first time I am trying to install debian on a system with > >> multiple disk. I was hoping that the debian installed would be kind > >> enough with me to as to propose to group all those physical volume > >> into a single LVM group. So that I could just do as usual and spli > >> this LVM volume group. > >> > >> Could someone please let me know how to do that ? I think I should > >> be able to simply group those disk into a single LVM group (and then > >> later resize as needed). > >> [..] > > I've never tried that but you should be able to do it from an expert install > > with the > > manual partition option > > No that was a user-mistake. You should leave the installer do a first > 'guided partitioning', then you have access to the software RAID > partionning. Then for each disk that is marked 'FREE SPACE' you need > to select it and state 'use for RAID'. > Once all physical volume are setup as RAID, select the RAID entry > (should be the first before the physical disk), then setup your LVM > volume group on it. So far as I know, RAID is not strictly needed. You can add physical volumes to a volume group directly. Whether the install supports this or not, I don't know. But if you want pure LVM you could certainly use the one disk to install with just LVM and then add the second disk later after the installation. > > I cannot believe this is free software :) Indeed! A
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