Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 7-2007 Administration Manual page 19

6a Select lvm/system, then click Add.
6b In the Create Logical Volume dialog box, select Format, then select Swap from the File
System drop-down menu.
6c Specify swap as the volume name.
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 lvm/system container:
7a Select lvm/system, then click Add.
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 sys_lx.
7d In the Size field, click Max to set the size of the system volume as the remaining space
available in the lvm/system partition.
7e Specify the mount point as / (root volume).
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 SLES installation.
Step 4e.
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
Mount Start End Used By
0 19456
0 38
/boot
39 2649 EVMS
lvm/
system
0 14595
- -
/
- -
swap
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