Re: Bug#260763: [powerpc] Problems with logical volume setup during installation
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 02:48:59PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > Ok. The main problem is that there is no LVM flag for mac partition tables, i
>
> There is no such thing as flags for most things in Mac partition tables
Parted converts flags to funky partition type names, i think. Not idea, but it
works, like said, i think parted is inherently broken on this, but there is
not much we can do at this time.
> (I'm sure there are some unused bits somewhere in the partition data but
> that's all undocumented and Apple could come and change the meaning of
> this stuff in a second). You can either use a reserved partition type
> (again, I don't know what's reserved by Apple there, we use the A/UX
> partition type Apple_UNIX_SVR2 to be safe), or stick 'LVM' in the
> partition _name_ which can be pretty arbitrary anyway. The d-i partition
> editor sets this to 'untitled' when it could well store the mount point
> info there, plus 'LVM' for LVM partitions, or other info.
Exact, which is the code i proposed to add.
> > wonder how usefull that is though. Parted is a bit shaky on this, as i believe
> > it should not really be a partition flag, but a partition type.
>
> Whatever we do, it needs to be coordinated with the other powerpc distros.
> I don't know if a new partition type is safe to use; the partition name
> definitely is.
And was stopped because of this consideration. If i had time, i would say
let's lead by example on this one, and the others will follow.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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