Re: Adding LVM to an existing system

[Dick Davies <rasputnik@gmail.com>]

On 17/11/05, Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com> wrote:

> /dev/hda12      2201+   4864    2664-  21398548+  8e  Linux LVM
>
> root@xander:~# pvcreate /dev/hda12
>    Device /dev/hda12 not found.
>
>
> As you can see, pvcreate does not appear to want to work on /dev/hda12.
>   This was the case with partiton type 83 as well.

That's weird. All I can say is that it's definitely possible to do LVM on
logical partitions. Here's my laptop :

 rasputnik@hypnotoad:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/hda
Password:

Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 58140 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1       20799    10482381    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2           20799       46586    12996585    5  Extended
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda3           46586       52132     2795310   83  Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda5   *       20799       21373      289138+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6           21373       23317      979933+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7           23317       29134     2931831   8e  Linux LVM
/dev/hda8           29134       34951     2931831   8e  Linux LVM
/dev/hda9           34952       40769     2931831   8e  Linux LVM
/dev/hda10          40769       46586     2931831   8e  Linux LVM
rasputnik@hypnotoad:~$ sudo pvs
  PV         VG    Fmt  Attr PSize PFree
  /dev/hda10 biglv lvm2 a-   2.79G 52.00M
  /dev/hda7  biglv lvm2 a-   2.79G     0
  /dev/hda8  biglv lvm2 a-   2.79G     0
  /dev/hda9  biglv lvm2 a-   2.79G     0

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