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Date:	Mon, 10 May 2004 23:37:51 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: LVM, was Requester won't start

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In <40A04130.4070802@charter.net>, on 05/10/04
at 08:01 PM, Ray Davison said:

>LVM only seemed to allow a volume to be created in free space. I do not
>want it to use that space.

This is not true. You can create a volume using an existing partition(s).

>I'll take your word for it. I couldn't find it.

OK.

>ready to do it at install. eCS seems to assume it owns the entire HDD.
> That may be a reasonable assumption in an enterprise, but not for an
>individual. Or is that by design?

I have no clue what you are doing. It's simply not the way any of the 3
LVM utilities work.

>1.0 worked fine on FAT16. 1.1 changed some directory names for
>seemingly the sole purpose of keeping it off FAT16. Why?

I have no idea.

>have some evidence that it doesn't like old HDD. It has been
>acknowledged that it won't install on some systems, the HDD may be a
>factor.

As always with OS/2, you need to use a disk driver that's compatible with
your hardware. I've installed eCS on several old systems and none had the
problems you seem to be experiencing.

Steven

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