autoyast and EVMS

[mbur...@pobox.com]

Hi,

Is it possible for autoyast to create EVMS containers and logical
volumes within?

I've found some doco on lists how to create LVM physical and logical
volumes but no mention of EVMS.

If anyone has achieved this please let me know..

Thanks
--Maurice--

[No Spam!]

Typically the easiest way to find out is to use the AutoYaST tool to
generate an autoYast file of a system that has EVMS volumes. Once you
check the XML file generated, you should see the XML syntax for EVMS -
if it is supported.

This is a quick method that I usually use to figure out how to set
something up with autoYaST - it's much quicker than combing through the
docs.

C--

[Maurice Burrows]

Unfortunately autoyast creates the xml for LVM only, EVMS does not seem
to be supported.

[No Spam!]

Maurice Burrows wrote:
> Unfortunately autoyast creates the xml for LVM only, EVMS does not seem
> to be supported.
>

In that case, you'd have to use/create a pre-install script to perform
those tasks...it's a bit more work, but should be just as effective.

Once you create the script, you can use code such as that below to add
it to your AutoYast XML file (the code below is what I use to set up my
IDE disks for speedier installation...) This would go inside of a
<configure></configure> block in your XML code...

<scripts>
<pre-scripts config:type="list">
<script>
<source>
<![CDATA[
for DISK in `fdisk -l|grep ^Disk|cut -c 6-|cut -f1 -d:`; do
hdparm -c1 -d1 -m16 ${DISK} 2> /dev/null
done
exit 0]]>
</source>
</script>
</pre-scripts>
</scripts>

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