Installation • Re: installing across two disks

I have tried to install mx on one disk using lvm. The commands I used are: The installer did not recognize the lvm layout well and gave bizarre partitions .I deleted what I could and this was what remained . I did not know what to choose so I chose the virtual drives , gave them mount points and file systems. The installer installed the system but failed to install grub. Grub can not be installed on lvm it needed its own physical boot partition. I removed everything with gparted and reinstalled the sysyem normally this time, with no lvm,

But the takeaways from this experiment:
1 -grub needs its own non-lvm partition , marked boot.
1- your installer is not bad but should recognize lvm better . I used mageia for some time and its installer would allow you to create vg and lv partions visually.
Also fedora has its own lvm gui utility called blivet , https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Blivet-gui , and it is integrated in their anaconda installer.

My criticism is constructive and meant to improve mx . And here is my advice :
1 - Make blivet available for mx or fork it for mx to work better on the system.
2 - Integrate it in the installer by showing and icon for it above gparted icon:

3- Improve the installer to recognizes lvm layout better (by not giving duplicates for example ). I expected the layout to be something like: And if I had created the separate boot partition using gparted it should have been something like: Peace out.

Statistics: Posted by fadi — Tue Nov 19, 2024 1:03 pm

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