PVcreate in extended logical partitions

[Darwin H. Webb]

Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
> Markku Kolkka wrote:
>> Darwin H. Webb kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika perjantai, 9. 
>> joulukuuta 2005 04:54):
>>> So I would like someone to verify that the anaconda install
>>> routine using the disk druid graphic partitioner can create
>>> LVM items on the extended logical partitions
>>
>> Yes, it can do that. This is my partition layout, created in the 
>> Anaconda installer:
>> fdisk -l /dev/sda
>>
>> Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>>
>>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>> /dev/sda1   *           1        5222    41945683+   7  HPFS/NTFS
>> /dev/sda2            5223        5235      104422+  83  Linux
>> /dev/sda3            5236        8790    28555537+  8e  Linux LVM
>> /dev/sda4            8791       19457    85682677+   5  Extended
>> /dev/sda5            8791       12345    28555506   8e  Linux LVM
>> /dev/sda6           12346       15901    28563538+  8e  Linux LVM
>> /dev/sda7           15902       17118     9775521   83  Linux
>>
>
> Agreed.  It can do it.  However, system-config-lvm fails with:
> # system-config-lvm
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/sbin/system-config-lvm", line 138, in ?
>     runFullGUI()
>   File "/usr/sbin/system-config-lvm", line 123, in runFullGUI
>     blvm = baselvm(glade_xml, app)
>   File "/usr/sbin/system-config-lvm", line 68, in __init__
>     self.lvmm = lvm_model()
>   File "/usr/share/system-config-lvm/lvm_model.py", line 142, in __init__
>     self.__block_device_model = BlockDeviceModel()
>   File "/usr/share/system-config-lvm/BlockDeviceModel.py", line 19, in 
> __init__
>     bd = BlockDevice(devname)
>   File "/usr/share/system-config-lvm/BlockDevice.py", line 41, in 
> __init__
>     self.reload()
>   File "/usr/share/system-config-lvm/BlockDevice.py", line 62, in reload
>     self.addNoAlign(part.beg, part.end, part.id, part.bootable, part.num)
>   File "/usr/share/system-config-lvm/BlockDevice.py", line 200, in 
> addNoAlign
>     raise BlockDeviceErr_extended()
> BlockDevice.BlockDeviceErr_extended: 
> <BlockDevice.BlockDeviceErr_extended instance at 0xb7bd81ec>
>
> I am not a programmer, but I read this that the gui is not happy with 
> extended partitions.
>
>
I read that this could be the same kind of problem.
Possibly PARTED not re-loading the table but FDSK would re-load.

Could you re-boot with the ext partitions created and try the tool again?
Then try the other partition tool (parted vs. fdsk vs whatever).

That (I'm don't what you actually used to partition but if this applies 
and more testing wouldn't hurt. :)

Thnk you,

Darwin Webb