SUSE LINUX Documentation - Index of
SUSE LINUX Documentation - Index of
SUSE LINUX Documentation - Index of
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Partitioning and LVM<br />
From the expert partitioner, access the LVM configuration with LVM (see Section “LVM<br />
Configuration” (Chapter 2, Advanced Disk Setup, ↑Reference)). However, if a working<br />
LVM configuration already exists on your system, it is automatically activated as soon<br />
as you enter the LVM configuration for the first time in a session. In this case, any disks<br />
containing a partition belonging to an activated volume group cannot be repartitioned<br />
because the Linux kernel cannot reread the modified partition table <strong>of</strong> a hard disk when<br />
any partition on this disk is in use. However, if you already have a functioning LVM<br />
configuration on your system, physical repartitioning should not be necessary. Instead,<br />
change the configuration <strong>of</strong> the logical volumes.<br />
At the beginning <strong>of</strong> the physical volumes (PVs), information about the volume is written<br />
to the partition. To reuse such a partition for other non-LVM purposes, it is advisable<br />
to delete the beginning <strong>of</strong> this volume. For example, in the VG system and PV /dev/<br />
sda2, do this with the command dd if=/dev/zero <strong>of</strong>=/dev/sda2 bs=512<br />
count=1.<br />
WARNING: File System for Booting<br />
The file system used for booting (the root file system or /boot) must not be<br />
stored on an LVM logical volume. Instead, store it on a normal physical partition.<br />
2.5.7 PCI Device Drivers<br />
Each kernel driver contains a list <strong>of</strong> device IDs <strong>of</strong> all devices it supports. If a new device<br />
is not in any driver's database, the device is treated as unsupported, even if it can be<br />
used with an existing driver. With this YaST module from System section, you can add<br />
PCI IDs. Only advanced users should attempt to use this YaST module.<br />
To add an ID, click Add and select how to assign it: by selecting a PCI device from a<br />
list or by manually entering PCI values. In the first option, select the PCI device from<br />
the provided list then enter the driver or directory name. If the directory is left empty,<br />
the driver name is used as the directory name. When assigning PCI ID values manually,<br />
enter the appropriate data to set up a PCI ID. Click OK to save your changes.<br />
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