On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 12:28:44PM +0100, Graham Smith wrote: > >If you have not yet installed, then don't worry about it. The installer > >lets you choose LVM as an option. Then you can add your harddrive as a > >physical volume and then make it the logical volume. From there you can > >create volume groups, which are analogous to partitions but can be > >resized at will. The installer walks you through the whole process very > >nicely. > >-Roberto > > I have to disagree with the last statement (The installer walks you through the > whole process very nicely). I've recently installed 2 Debian machines using the > new installer. Both times I thought about using LVM because of it's advantages > so I selected that option to have a look at it. It just confused the hell out > of me to the point where I gave up and did a numpty single partition ext3 > install (/ and swap separate). It's a shame because I would have really liked > to have tired LVM. I would say that is the one weak point in an otherwise great > installer. > Did you read the docs prior? Because I really had no problem with it. I'm not sure what confused you. Did you file a bug a against the install-reports pseudopackages? It would have helpped the installer developers to improve it. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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