Em Seg, 2004-01-26 às 00:41, Dean Takemori escreveu:
> I'm currently trying to get LVM working on another Linux/PowerPC distro
> (YellowDog) with limited success.
[...]
> I'll try recompiling the lvm package against my current kernel and
> investigate further. Was there anything else special you n
I'm currently trying to get LVM working on another Linux/PowerPC distro
(YellowDog) with limited success.
I have a self-compiled 2.4.24 kernel, with MD, RAID and LVM installed
into the kernel. It's booting a Wallstreet powerbook off the internal
IDE drive. I'm trying to get LVM working on an ex
Em Sex, 2004-01-16 às 20:14, Mich Lanners escreveu:
> AFAIK (and Leandro verified that experimentally), it does not have to be
> LVM-something. But some things may not work (Leandro, how exactly did
> you specify the numerical partition type? The hex number as partition
> name?)
In mac-fdi
On 16 Jan, this message from Michael Schmitz echoed through cyberspace:
>> There is no problem at all keeping the Apple partition format for
>> LVM. I
>
> Thanks for reporting this; and please disregard my rants about LVM
> shortcomings...
:-)
>> /dev/hda5 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 LVM-vg
> >> > You didn't answer my implied question: do you need to keep the
> >> > Apple partition format, (f.e. because you need to keep MacOS on the
> >> > machine)?
> >>
> >>Yes, it is a beige Apple Power Macintosh G3 which does need
> >>BootX.
>
> There is no problem at all keeping the Apple
> > That's what I meant by 'if it doesn't make sense, don't try'. I have no
> > references; Google may be your friend here, so might be the list
> > archives, but then, playing with this might be more trouble than you
> > bargained for.
>
> OK. I will need this system pretty soon, so I will
Em Qui, 2004-01-15 às 19:37, Mich Lanners escreveu:
> On 15 Jan, this message from Simon Vallet echoed through cyberspace:
>
> There is no problem at all keeping the Apple partition format for LVM.
[...]
>( 2.0G) Linux native
> /dev/hda5 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 LVM-vg 14630752 @
> > This hack is not for the faint of heart, and I cannot stress enough that
> > you need to have a backup of your partition maps (the first few sectors of
> > the disk), as well as a method to restore the maps (booting from floppy,
> > or some such, with another floppy holding the backup) before e
> > parted should indeed use names on Apple partitioned disks; LVM (from what
> > I gather) doesn't cope with names here.
>
> Too bad... I guess not even LVM2?
Honestly, I don't know. I've never tried LVM on PowerPC.
> > You didn't answer my implied question: do you need to keep the Apple
>
> > To reiterate: I don't see any solution without making LVM accept Apple
> > partition maps in the first place. Which part of LVM checks the partition
> > type? Can you show me some sample code?
>
> Unfortunately I'm no hacker, I am just trying to use LVM on the
> PowerMac (OldWorld, beige
> mac-fdisk won't allow me to create a 0x8e partition, thus precluding
> LVM usage... any solutions in view? Would pmac-fdisk or parted do the
> job?
There's no such thing as a numerical partition type in Apple partition
maps. cfdisk or parted could be used to create a different partition t
Hi,
On 15 Jan, this message from Simon Vallet echoed through cyberspace:
> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:43:26 -0200
> Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> > You didn't answer my implied question: do you need to keep the
>> > Apple partition format, (f.e. because you
Em Qui, 2004-01-15 às 14:05, Michael Schmitz escreveu:
> > It does make sense, but not in the sense of actually knowing how to do
> > it! ;-)
> >
> > In other words, gimme references (URLs, HOWTOs etc) and I'll try.
>
> That's what I meant by 'if it doesn't make sense, don't try'. I have
Em Qui, 2004-01-15 às 12:59, Michael Schmitz escreveu:
> > Yes, it is a beige Apple Power Macintosh G3 which does need BootX.
>
> So you do indeed need to keep the original partition format. Without Apple
> partition support in LVM, you could always try a sick hack: Add a PC style
> partition
Em Qui, 2004-01-15 às 13:05, Simon Vallet escreveu:
> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:43:26 -0200
> Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Yes, it is a beige Apple Power Macintosh G3 which does need
> > BootX.
> > quik and floppy don't boot it without serious hack
Hi,
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:43:26 -0200
Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > You didn't answer my implied question: do you need to keep the Apple
> > partition format, (f.e. because you need to keep MacOS on the
> > machine)?
>
> Yes, it is a beige Apple Powe
Em Qui, 2004-01-15 às 11:55, Michael Schmitz escreveu:
> >
> > Unfortunately I'm no hacker, I am just trying to use LVM on the
> > PowerMac (OldWorld, beige G3). So I can't show you source code. This
> > evening when I get back home I can take note of the error messages and
> > send them, but
Em Qui, 2004-01-15 às 11:00, Michael Schmitz escreveu:
> > mac-fdisk won't allow me to create a 0x8e partition, thus precluding
> > LVM usage... any solutions in view? Would pmac-fdisk or parted do the
> > job?
>
> There's no such thing as a numerical partition type in Apple partition
> maps.
mac-fdisk won't allow me to create a 0x8e partition, thus precluding
LVM usage... any solutions in view? Would pmac-fdisk or parted do the
job?
Thanks in advance!
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