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Skriven 2006-06-22 20:54:36 av Peter Knapper (3:772/1.10)
    Kommentar till text 172 av David Calafrancesco (1:2624/306.0)
Ärende: installing Linux with eCS
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Hi David,

 DC> If you have the live CD, boot from it and see what it 
 DC> looks and feels like before investing any time. 

Although I have been aware of ubuntu for some time, I have just had my first
look at the ubuntu web site and note that v6.06 only seems to have the one
Desktop CD now, and it seems to allow both CD boot/run and also an install. I
also note that the FIRST entry in the notes talks of LVM issues -
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Known Ubiquity issues in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

(Ubiquity is the new graphical installer on the Desktop CD.)

    * Problems when LVM or RAID are active:
      If you are installing from the Desktop CD on a system that already has 
one or more RAID arrays or LVM volume groups set up, you must disable the
arrays (sudo /etc/init.d/mdadm stop; sudo mdadm --stop --scan) and volume
groups (sudo vgchange -a n) before starting the installer.
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I am unsure what they mean by "Volume Groups", are these "LVM volumes" that are
spread across multiple physical drives? My HD's are all SCSI on an Adaptec HA
and all LVM Volumes are on a Single HD. I have about 18GB of space  for more
Logical Partitions available so I doubt space is an issue.

 DC> Personally I love it and am using it as my workstation 
 DC> linux distribution of choice on several systems. 

What particular aspect(s) of ubuntu makes this "your choice"?

 DC> An extended partition should be just fine. The most 
 DC> important thing is to leave your boot manager alone and 
 DC> ensure that it installs the Linux boot loader, Grub for 
 DC> ubuntu, into the same partition as you installed the 
 DC> system. Note that the partition needs to be flagged as 
 DC> an Ext3 file system and you should probably create a 
 DC> second partition sized at 1-2 times your RAM and flag 
 DC> it for use as linux swap space. Just be sure you don't 
 DC> install the boot loader for Linux into the MBR or you 
 DC> will lose your existing loader. 

All noted thanks.

 DC> It should be possible to have your current boot manager 
 DC> trigger a boot by running the pseudo mbr loader that 
 DC> you install into your extended partition. If that 
 DC> fails, there is a boot strap system which I am afraid 
 DC> I've never used and can't advise you on specifics. 

Hmmmm, for some reason this sounds potentially nasty for some people who may
not like dabling in the low level stuff.....;-)

Thanks..............pk.


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