Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 08-05-2008 Installation Manual page 172

WARNING: System Restoration
Because this module normally installs, replaces, or uninstalls many packages
and files, use it only if you have experience with backups. Otherwise you may
lose data.
8.5.3 Boot Loader Configuration
To configure booting for systems installed on your computer, use the System > Boot
Loader module. A detailed description of how to configure the boot loader with YaST
is available in
8.5.4 Clustering
Find information about Heartbeat and high availability configuration with YaST in
Heartbeat Guide.
8.5.5 LVM
The logical volume manager (LVM) is a tool for custom partitioning of hard disks with
logical drives. Find information about LVM in
(page 115).
8.5.6 EVMS
The enterprise volume management system (EVMS) is, like LVM, a tool for custom
partitioning and grouping of hard disks into virtual volumes. It is flexible, extensible,
and can be tailored using a plug-in model to individual needs of various volume man-
agement systems.
EVMS is compatible with existing memory and volume management systems, like
DOS, Linux LVM, GPT (GUID partition table), IBM System z, Macintosh, and BSD
partitions. More information is provided at http://evms.sourceforge.net/.
154 Installation and Administration
Section 21.3, "Configuring the Boot Loader with YaST"
Section 7.1, "LVM Configuration"
(page 414).