Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 05-15-2009 Administration Manual page 19

6 Create the swap volume in the
6a Select
lvm/system
6b In the Create Logical Volume dialog box, select Format, then select Swap from the File
System drop-down menu.
6c Specify as the volume name.
swap
6d Specify 1 GB (recommended) for the swap volume.
The swap size should be 128 MB or larger, with a recommended size of 1 GB. For an
explanation of this recommendation, see
6e Specify the mount point as swap.
6f Click OK.
7 Create the system volume in the
7a Select
lvm/system
7b In the Create Logical Volume dialog box, select Format, then select the file system to use
from the File System drop-down menu, such as Reiser or Ext3.
7c In the Volume Name field, specify a volume name, such as
7d In the Size field, click Max to set the size of the system volume as the remaining space
available in the
7e Specify the mount point as
7f Click OK.
8 Click Next to return to the list of devices.
Below is an example of the physical and logical devices that should be configured on your
system. Your setup depends on the number of devices in the server and the sizes you choose for
your partitions.
Device
/dev/hda
/dev/hda1
/dev/hda2
/dev/hdb
/dev/evms/lvm/system/
sys_lx
/dev/evms/lvm/system/
swap
9 Click Next to return to the Installation Settings page.
You can dismiss the message warning that you should not mix EVMS and non-EVMS
partitions on the same device.
10 Continue with the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation.
container:
lvm/system
, then click Add.
lvm/system
, then click Add.
partition.
lvm/system
(root volume).
/
Size F Type
149.0 GB 6Y160p0
305.9 MB F Linux Native
(Reiser)
20.0 GB Linux LVM
111.8 GB SP1203N
10.0 GB F EVMS
1.0 GB F EVMS
Step 4e.
container:
sys_lx
Mount Start
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/boot
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swap
Using EVMS to Manage Devices
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lvm/
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