On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 04:34:34PM +0200, Michele wrote:
> Hi Pasi,
>
> That's the point: I'd rather not partition them in the installer and
> instead create the two partitions myself. Is it possible?
>
I don't know; I haven't tried.
Try it? Present the LVM-volumes as /dev/xvda1 and /dev/xvda2 and don't
partition during the installer; use the existing partitions.
-- Pasi
> Thanks,
> - Michele
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen<pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 03:41:39PM +0200, Michele wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I was wondering if there's a way to force a certain partitioning
> >> schema when using LVM.
> >>
> >> Let me explain: I would like to create two LVM volumes in the dom0,
> >> format one as ext3 and the other one as a swap partition. Then I'd
> >> like to install CentOS using the first one as the root partition and
> >> the second one as the swap partition. The problem is the installer
> >> wants to repartition both volumes. It says: "/dev/hda1 currently has a
> >> loop partition layout"
> >> Is there a way to create and format those volumes in a way that will
> >> be usable by the installer.
> >>
> >
> > First of all you should present the LVM volumes as /dev/xvda1 and
> > /dev/xvda2, or even better as /dev/xvda and do the partitioning in the
> > CentOS installer in the domU.
> >
> > -- Pasi
> >
> >
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