redhat enterprise

[andrew medhurst]

i need to know how to create disks and volumes in linux i havent touched linux for 3 years and need to biuld server this weekend.
i am an experienced hp-ux admin, but my linux is rusty.
any help will be appreciated and rewarded.
regards
Andrew

[Ropert Francois]

On redhat enterprise installation, when you arrive at partitionning drives step, choose to create LVM volumes.


Don't include /boot in LVM. Because of a simple reason that bootloaders don't understand LVM volumes.

You'll find all about console commands in Linux LVM-HOWTO.

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

There is a very easy to use tool in the install program. Its called disk druid.

There is an option to partition the disk with the druid. It will let you set up filesystems and even mirror them. You don't even have to pay for mirror/ux.

I'm a CSA and I know and use LVM, but if you're in a hurry and take your time, use a good space plan, you can build your server very nicely fromt he space standpoint using the druid.

I know, real admins don't use gui's but the druid will help a lot.

You can even set up LVM ready volumes with the disk druid. Consider it. The only thing different about LVM in linux is you don't use lvextend to mirror.

SEP

[HGN]

Hi

The filesystem layout is simple use the druid and the partitions can be modified, the required partitions would include
/boot then / swap cannot go more than 2GB on a single slice so if you want more swap you need to go on multiple's of 2 then you can create /usr /var /opt /home as per your convinience.

Rgds

HGN

[andrew medhurst]

Thanks for the replys but box already installed and i need to create on partitions on a 200gb drive, can you actually use lvm commands as i do in ux or is fdisk better and use menu options.
also is there some one who can help me get my exceed session to work ie X windows in the same way i would get CDE up (xdmcp broadcast)
Regards
Andy

[Ranjith_5]

Hi Andrew,

Attached the doc of installation procedure(open with wordpad).Since you are confident I feel at you wont get any problems in customising the filesystems.


Regards,
Syam

[Stuart Browne]

I've not used the HP-UX lvm commands, but from everything I've read, they are very similar (give or take LVM Mirroring).

You do need to do a bit of 'fdisk' first however to set the partitions you want to use as LVM content. Once that is done, your pvcreate etc. are similar, using Linux device names of course.

As for 'xdmcp', you can easily set the server up to run windows managers etc. using 'xdm' (it probably already is, but only announcing to the local machine).

Changing the config in '/etc/X11/xdm/xdm-cnofig' (the last 3 lines).