[breezy install] LVM option?

[David Abrahams]

Dick Davies <rasputnik at gmail.com> writes:

> On 05/12/05, David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm starting to get the feeling that this part of the installer
>> doesn't really work and I should expect to have to use pvcreate,
>> vgcreate, etc., from the command line, in order to really manage the
>> LVM configuration.  But I have no idea whether this can actually work.
>
> No, it can be done. I always setup my ubuntu and debian boxes with lvm
> (for everything apart from /boot ) through the installer.
>
> If you do it yourself, it's reliable on both sarge and breezy - create
> the PVs, then
> go on to 'configure LVM' and ok 'write changes to disk', then you
> create your VG and
> LVs. Finally you format the LVs and specify mount points, it's pretty
> straightforward.

Well, that's what I tried to do, FWIW.  The disk had just hours before
been set up with a clean install of some prior Ubuntu version.  Now
I've done one install with the LVM options it would let me use; I
think I may be able to do a new clean install and get the control I
need.  There is -- at the very least -- a serious usability problem
when trying to make LVM work from where I started.  To whom do I
report this?

This is a side issue, but it surprises me that the installer doesn't
use LVM with a few logical volumes by _default_, since

 a) Partitioning the filesystem into separate volumes is a good idea

 b) LVM gives you the flexibility you need to resize the volumes
    should the default partitioning scheme need adjustment.

> ISTR the autosetup getting twisted though...

Not sure what you mean here.

Thanks again for your attention.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com