On Saturday 17 November 2007 16:41, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > Le Saturday 17 November 2007 16:35:36 Bruno Costacurta, vous avez écrit : > > Hello to all, > > > > I'm planning to install lenny on a LVM partition. > > As I started the installation (via a recent netinst ISO image), the LVM > > disk is correctly detected but however it seems I cannot work > > with it as the installer suggest to format the partition as it doesn't > > recognize anything on it (already have logical volume on it, precisely a > > Fedora and a ext2 dedicated to downloads). > > So, what do you mean when you say "LVM disk is correctly detected" ? > I assume that you mean, the physical disk is detected (driver OK) but not > the LVM Physical Volume on it.
No. Indeed the Physical Volume LVM is correctly detected but none of the two filesystems on it (ext3 and ext2) are found. > > > Is it possible, via the installer, to install on a LVM ? > > If not is there other way to prepare the logical volume separately and > > then proceed the installation ? > > I should work, I have already done it. > I think you can report that as a bug. > But before, try other Installation CD or methods (Etch CD, Lenny > businesscard, PXE...), to see if it's only the Netinst CD, or more globally > the Debian Installer kernel/initrd. I'll download another ISO and try. I'll keep you in touch. Bye, Bruno
