Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 7-2007, Administration Manual

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2.1.2 During the Server Install
To install Linux with EVMS as the volume manager for your boot and system partitions, you must
modify the Partitioning configuration in the Installation Settings.
WARNING: The following procedure destroys all data on the system device.
1 Begin the install, according to the instructions provided in Deployment (http://
www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/sles_admin/data/part_setup.html) in the SUSE Linux
Enterprise 10 Installation and Administration Guide (http://www.novell.com/documentation/
sles10/sles_admin/data/bookinfo_book_sles_admin.html) .
2 When the installation reaches the Installations Settings screen, delete the proposed LVM-based
partioning solution. This deletes the proposed partitions and the partition table on the system
device so that the device can be marked to use EVMS as the volume manager instead of LVM.
2a In the list of Installation Settings, select Partitioning .
2b In the Partitioning menu, select Create Custom Partition Setup , then click Next .
2c Select Custom Partition - for Experts , then click Next to open the Expert Partitioner
dialog box.
2d Select Expert > Delete Partition Table and Disk Label , then click Yes twice to continue
through the Warning advisories.
This deletes the recommended partitions and the partition table on the system disk.
3 Create a primary partition on the system disk to use as the boot partition:
3a Click Create .
3b From the list of devices, select the device you want to use for the boot partition, such as
/
dev/hda
, then click OK .
If you have a single system disk, only one device is available, and you are not prompted to
choose the device.
3c Select Primary Partition , then click OK .
3d Select Format , then select the native Linux file system you want to use, such as Ext3.
IMPORTANT: In a paravirtualized environment, use Ext2 as the file system for the boot
device.
3e In Size (End Value) field, specify 200 MB or larger.
For example, to set the size at 300 MB, type
300M
.
3f Set the mount point to /boot .
3g Click OK .
The partition appears as a logical device in the devices list, such as
/dev/hda1
.
4 Create a second primary partition on the system disk to use for both the swap and system
volumes:
4a Click Create .
4b From the list of devices, select the device you want to use for the second primary partition,
such as
/dev/hda
, then click OK .
If you have a single system disk, only one device is available and you are not prompted to
choose the device.