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Date:	Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:19:44 PST8
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Using LVM

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Thank you, Steven
HCM

On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 10:02:29 PST8, Steven Levine wrote:

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>In <20050305074335-41888-8@scoug.com>, on 03/05/05
> at 07:43 AM, "Harry Motin" said:
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>>I have a small issue with LMV. I seem to recall that, if you are creating
>>multiple partitions, you have to be careful, because LMV creates them
>>from back to front on your hard drive (creates them starting at the last
>>sector and going forward to the first). Does anyone recall anything like
>>that?
>
>This is true if you let LVM create the underlying partitions. If this is
>a problem, there are several ways around this. If you create the
>partitions in physical view, you will have full control of the location.
>Once you have the partition, you can create the volumes using the existing
>partitions.
>
>If you have dfsee, it provides this option, along with others, in the
>volume create menu
>
>>then C:\, F:\ and G:\. But LVM now lists them in the reverse order (G:\,
>>F:\, C:\ and E:\) and I believe that it's because that's the sector
>>order they appear on the hard drive.
>
>This can be disconcreting at first. Once you learn to think of drive
>letters as names rather than locations on your drive, it should not be a
>problem.
>
>Google for
>
> understanding lvm os/2
>
>This will give you links to a number of good articles. Jan's and Felix's
>are especially good.
>
>HTH,
>
>Steven
>
>
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