Franklin wrote:

>Yes, you have 1 and 2 correct.. However I still have
>my volume, and it is drive F: in ECS. Shows up in my
>drives folder. I currently have FAT32.IFS remmed out
>in my config.sys file so  the LVM Physical Disk view
>shows it to be unformatted, but will allow me to
>change the drive letter or name if I wish. Currently
>it reports as:
>Volume Name   Partition Name   Status    File System  
>Size(MB)   Type
>    FAT32                   [ P 0 ]                   
>     Unformatted    34561    Logical
>
>Yes, Please send me a copy of your documentation of
>LVM, as I have been frustrated not knowing how to
>create a volume out of an existing partition without
>destroying it, and not daring to try. :-)
>
>Franklin
>
>
>--- "Don{ald} O. Woodall" 
>wrote:
>
>  
>
>>     If I am understanding this correctly:
>>
>>     1. You used LVM to make a volume.
>>
>>     2. You used Windows to format the disk space to
>>FAT32,
>>        thereby destroying the "Volume" and leaving
>>it as
>>        a partition.
>>
>>     So, of course, OS/2\eCS can't see it.
>>
>>     You now need to run  LVM  and create a "Volume"
>>from an
>>existing partition.
>>
>>          The name of this file is:  Def-of-Volume
>>
>>     This is my definition.
>>
>>VOLUME
>>------
>>
>>     A  "Volume"  is a partition wrapped in a
>>software wrapper to isolate
>>it from the hardware design limitations,
>>constrictions.
>>
>>     Your using Windows to do the formatting of the
>>partition destroyed
>>the OS/2 `software wrapper' ( being generous with
>>Microsoft here ) of
>>which the Microsoft FORMAT program was not aware of.
>>
>>     To show my generosity, I'll even send you a
>>copy of my LVM
>>documentation showing how to create a "Volume" from
>>a partition, if you
>>ask for it. 
>>    
>>

Hi Franklin,

With LVM - *until* you select to *commit* the changes you back backpedal 
at any rate you like to anywhere in the sequence of selections you made 
- you can try-out what the menu options allow you to do, without 
destroying *anything*!  Making a compatibility volume out of a former 
partition-drive doesn't involve any risk at all - just read the options 
given you on each sub-menu!

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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