[Novalug] 64-bit ubuntu and LVM

[Michael Hans]

I agree a bit confusing, from the download page:

The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist
installations of Ubuntu. It provides for the following situations:
    * setting up automated deployments;
    * upgrading from older installations without network access;
    * LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
    * installs on systems with less than about 256MB of RAM (although note
that low-memory systems may not be able to run a full desktop environment
reasonably).



On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Jon LaBadie <novalugml at jgcomp.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:45:33AM -0400, Michael Hans wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Jon LaBadie <novalugml at jgcomp.com>
> wrote:
> >
> ...
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, I was planning to upgrade from hardy (8.04) to 8.10.
> > > Maybe I'll think about changing to 64-bit too.
> > >
> > > For good measure, maybe I'll also try Linux's LVM.  I've
> > > used various lvm's in the past but not linux's.
> > >
> > > So I started an install of Ubuntu 64-bit and never saw a
> > > way to use LVM.  In RedHat/Fedora for example, if you go
> > > to a manual/advanced disk layout lvm seems to be an option.
> > > Not here, that I can see, in ubuntu.  In the end I hard
> > > partitioned the disk.
> > >
> > > Did I miss something that would have allowed me to use LVM?
> > >
> > You have to use the Ubuntu Alternative iso's for LVM options
> >
>
> How is the typical ubuntu installer person supposed to glean
> this bit of information?
>
> ISTR from about 2 or 3 yrs ago, that the "alternate iso" was
> supposed to be used to install on minimal hardware (memory,
> disk, and older cpu's).
>
> jl
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