On 10/26/2010 08:52 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 10/26/2010 08:42 PM, Tim wrote: > >> On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 19:04 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >> >>> Palimpsest lists" >>> >>> EXT2,3,4, XFS, minix, NTFS, Swap, Empty, and Extended Partition >>> >>> So how do I do this as an LVM (and then put down the ext3 >>> partitions....). >>> >>> >> The obvious answer would be by using another tool. What else do you >> like using? Are you happy with using the command line? >> >> > I can use the command line when it is either something I use a lot (like > grep!) or I can copy and paste from instructions into a terminal window :) > > I don't know of any other tools. I would use yumex to see what is in the > repo. > Well I read some stuff and the dialog window and realized that I could first format it as EXT4 then change it to LVM. That seems to have worked. Now to put it in place on the server and setup the LVM partition. > >> When you get there, I'd use a formatting option that does a proper bad >> block check, as well. It'll take ages, but it's better to find out that >> you've got a bad drive before you start using it. >> > Smart gives the drive a thumbs up. Often the hardware of such devices > busily mask any bad blocks on the drive so you always come up clean. > > > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
