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Date:	Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:02:05 PST8
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: LVM question

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Sandy Shapiro wrote:
> I had to restore the WinXP partition on my Thinkpad. It then disappeared
> from the Boot Manager menu.
>
> I went into LVM and created a new volume -- WinXP -- and added it to the
> boot manager menu. Looking at the Boot Manager settings, I can see it
> listed there.
>
> It now boots just fine. What is different is that Boot Manager menu lists
> the volume as:
>
> --> LVM
>
> This does not impair the booting of the OS, but if I go back into LVM, the
> volume is gone. I keep recreating it, and the next time I boot, the name
> has changed as indicated above.
>
> DFSEE does not show any problems, so I guess I don't have to worry. But I
> sure would feel better if I could get the name to stick like before I did
> the restore from the backup.
>
> Thanks,
> Sandy
>
>
Sandy,
I don't know what's wrong, but I thought that showing my LVM information
might help.

My older PC was built by Indelible Blue, and I ordered it with two hard
drives (20GB each), and Win2K Pro and OS/2 (Warp 4, FP12). I added eCS
1.1 later.
LVM shows the following information:
For Drive 1:
Volume Name Partition Name Status File System Size(MB) Type
[BOOTMANAGER] Startable Boot Manager 7 Primary
WIN 2000 WIN 2000 Bootable NTFS 2000 Primary
WARP 4 O: WARP 4 Bootable HPFS-H 2000 Primary
FAT D: FAT FAT16 2000 Logical
NTFS1 E: NTFS1 NTFS 11562 Logical
eCS C: eCS Bootable HPFS 2000 Logical

Drive 2:
7
HPFS2 F: HPFS2 HPFS 17555 Logical
HPFSSWAP G: HPFSSWAP HPFS 1004 Logical
NTFSPAGE NTFS 1004 Logical

(I stuck the drive letter in where LVM has assigned one.)

I also have a Dell which I ordered with one 80GB hard drive, and WinXP
Home. Naturally, it came with the entire drive given to WinXP, except
for a recovery partition. So, rather than mess up that drive, I bought
a second 120GB SATA drive, and added eCS 1.2.

LVM looks a bit different, but has essentially the same info:
Drive 1:
Size (MB) File System Type Notes
47 (Type DE) Primary
W: 72,708 NTFS Primary Bootable "WinXP"
3,529 CP/M Primary
7 Boot Manager Primary Startable
Drive 2:
C: 3,074 HPFS Primary Bootable "eCS 1.2"
Q: 2,053 HPFS Logical Advanced / LVM "Swap"
D: 2,055 FAT32 Logical "Fat"
E: 20,479 unformatted Logical Advanced / LVM "NTFS"
F: 20,479 HPFS Logical Advanced / LVM "HPFS Data"
69,092 None Free Space
(I added the Volume / Partition Name at the end if not already there.)

I haven't had to actually build or change anything with LVM since
February of this year, so I don't know what you might have forgotten to
do. I hope something here is helpful.
Colin

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