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@Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 12:20:36 +0200
Subject: Re: New installation/recovery
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Klaus Roeckerath, M.D. wrote:
> ** Reply to message from Herbert Rosenau  on
Mon, 13 Oct 2003
> 20:10:57 +0200
> 
> 
> I am overwhelmed by the wealth of information I get, I must say! Many thanks
> for that, I gradually get the idea. What I still don't understand, though, is
> the following: The new HD will not be formatted. So on installing eCS, will
> there be a point during the installation where I will be asked for formatting
> and which file system to use? And will I partition the whole HD, will I create
> partitions/volumes or what? I mean, my current HD has numerous partitions in
> HPFS format. What shall I do with the new HD in regard to format on installing
> eCS?

The install process itself is designed to:
- create/select the volume you likes to install the eCS system
- format the volume you likes to install the system
    whereas the only filesystem possible currently is HPFS.

But while you have opening minilvm for create/select the installation 
volume you can still create another volumes you needs.

The design is made simple to make it easy for very uneperienced users 
to get the system installed.

If you are a bit more experienced:
at any time during the install process you can open a maintenance 
console by pressing shift + F3.

There you can fire up lvm or minilvm by hand, format any volume, do 
something else you may need.

As LVM may get confused on creating standard and extended partions 
when creating volumes on not existent partitons I found that one 
simply can:
0. create bootmanager
1. change LVM into physical view
2. create any primary partiton
3. create any logical partion
4. change LVM into logical view and create volumes from existent 
partitons to assign the right partition to the right volume.

instead to create volumes directly. As this intermediate steps gives 
you more control about the physical laysout of the disk.

You'll go ever this step when you have to create partitons for other 
systems than only eCS, because you must be sure that C: and /boot are 
primary partitons and in the right order. You don't need this step 
when you've only eCS to install.

When your disk is already partitoned well but NOT already LVM aware it 
lefts on you to make volumes from any partion eCS (or BM) should see 
to assign a drive letter to it.

By that: when you boots from eCS CD you can in the preboot stage 
define that you don't like to install but maintenance. So you changes 
the default boot from 'install' to 'maintenance'. This saves you the 
time needed to load up the installer but brings up the maintenance 
console.


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Tschau/Bye

Herbert Rosenau
EDV Beratung & Programmierung
Lindelbrunnstr. 53a
76767 Hagenbach

Tel: 49-7273-919416
Fax: 49-7273-93072                     http://www.dv-rosenau.de/


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