Hello, I am having some trouble installing Debian/etch on my existing Debian/etch-xen server. I'm unsure how to accomplish what I want without wiping all my data.
Currently my server runs Etch-xen. It's partitioned as follows: Hardware RAID #1: * 128 Mb ext3 /boot (for Xen) * 128 Mb free space (to be used as /boot for the new install) * 18 Gb Physical volume for LVM Hardware RAID #2: * 109 Gb Physical volume for LVM The two physical LVM volumes are joined into one volume group. They contain the root and swap for the Xen domain0, plus a bunch of disks and swaps for various domU's. What I want to do is use the 128 Mb free space as /boot for a new install and create two new LVM volumes in my big volume group for the root and swap. How do I tell the installer to do that? It looks like the installer doesn't recognise existing LVM groups. Is that a bug I should report? When running the installer it does show the two PV partitions, but doesn't tell me that they are already in use for LVM. There is no option to configure the existing LVM. All I can do is mark those two partitions as PV for LVM. Then then "configure LVM" option appears, but it wants to write the changes to disk first. I'm afraid that if I do that, the installer will erase the existing LVM. If I write the changes to disk (creating the 128 Mb /boot and setting the two big partition's use flag as "PV for LVM") and proceed to configure LVM, will the installer then recignise the exiting LVM and the volumes? Thanks in advance, -- Sander Marechal http://www.jejik.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]