Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed

Performing the Installation 274. Create logical volumes (LVs) inside the volume groups. An LV must be created for theroot (/) mount point and for the swap space. Additional LVs such as /home and /tmpare optional. To create a logical volume, from the partition list, select the VG inwhich to create it, and click Edit. (Or keep the dialog window open after creating thevolume group.) Click Add in the Logical Volumes section at the bottom of thedialog window. As shown in Figure 1.15, the mount point, filesystem type, LV name,size, and whether the LV should be formatted must be specified. Click OK to returnto the volume group dialog and repeat this step for each LV needed. Then click OK toreturn to the partition list in the main window of the installation program.1FIGURE 1.15Creating a Logical VolumeAfter LVM is set up, the main window with the partition list should look similar to Figure 1.16.FIGURE 1.16LVM Configuration