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Re: etch installer fails to recognize existing lvm



On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 02:19:10PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
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> Some time ago I installed etch's amd64 on my workstation (mostly lvm on
> raid1).
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> Now I would like to install i386 as well as a dual boot. Unfortunately,
> the installer seems to miss my lvm.

well, maybe this is a great candidate for debootstrap?

> 
> Manual partitioning offers as 'exsiting' space only the partitions, ie.
> the space used for /boot or the raid. However, I don't want to create a
> new lvm, but rather use some 20G of the existing free space within the
> existing one.
> 
> Any hints?

I don't know what lvm tools are available on the installer disk, but
maybe a little poking around in a vt is in order. a quick check of the
man pages suggest lvmdiskscan may be what you need. 

A

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