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Bug#411586: partman-auto-lvm: LVM guided partitioning does not seem to be customisable



On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:04:02 +0100 Frans Pop wrote:

> reassign 411586 partman-lvm
> severity 411586 minor
> thanks

I think you forgot to Cc: control@b.d.o ...

> 
> On Tuesday 20 February 2007 00:44, Francesco Poli wrote:
> > I cannot understand what's wrong.
> > Does the confirmation message mean that nothing can be customised?
> > I thought it referred to the physical partitioning only (that is
> > to say, the /dev/sda1,/dev/sda5 split)...
> 
> Resizing LVM partitions is not supported.

This is awkward, as I will be able to resize them *after* the system
is installed and running.  IIUC, this is the whole point of using LVM!
As a consequence, I find it strange that I cannot resize them while
I'm about to create their layout...

> If you want to customize
> them,  you need to go to the "configure LVM" at the top of the main
> partman menu  option and make your changes there by deleting LVs and
> recreating them at  the desired size. Then you probably will have to
> assign mountpoints  again.

This is more or less equivalent to setting up the whole layout
using the Manual method, isn't it?
What's the point of having a Guided LVM method, then?
It's just a "take it or leave it" offer, and one that is not even
easily undoable, IIUC...

> 
> I agree that the user interface is not optimal for this. Undoubtedly
> it  will be improved in the future, just as support for LVM has
> improved  steadily between sarge and etch.
> 

I hope it will.
Anyway, I'll try the Manual method, for the time being...

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