Re: LVM and Windows

[mess-mate <messmate@free.fr>]

Hendrik Boom <hendrik@pooq.com> wrote:
| On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 08:43:25PM +0200, mess-mate wrote:
| > Hendrik Boom <hendrik@pooq.com> wrote:
| > | Now that I've discovered what LVM does, I've resolved to start
| > | migrating my Linux systems to it.  Linux partitions look easy.
| > | But I'd really like to start using it for *all* my partitions.  
| > | My machine also has a bunch lf FAT partitions used
| > | when I boot Windows, and accessible when I boot Linux.
| > | Can LVM also handle Windows?
| > | 
| > | That is (I suppose) Does LVM get activated early enough in the
| > | boot procedure that Windows just sees its partitions instead
| > | of the physical ones?
| > | 
| > | ABout ten years ago, there were so-called disk managers that
| > | replaced BIOS calls so that large disks could be used
| > | ancient systems.  Might LVM be capable of operating like this?
| > | 
| > Look at EVM instead of LVM for this.
| > Remember, your /boot partit can't be included for LVM. I don't know
| > about it for EVM.
| 
| There turn out to be a *lot* of things with the initials EVM.
| Presumably the one you intend is there somewhere amid the pages
| about enterprise value management and electronic voting machines
| (to mention just a few) but I couldn't find it.
| 
Sorry, read EVMS 
http://evms.sourceforge.net/
apt-cache policy evms
Candidate: 2.5.2-1
  Version Table:
  2.5.2-1 0
  990 ftp://ftp.belnet.be sarge/main Packages
  600 ftp://ftp.belnet.be testing/main Packages
  300 ftp://ftp.belnet.be unstable/main Packages

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