Stephen Drotar wrote:> > I would like to create 6 partitions on one disk before installing. Howdo I add partitions separate from the /home /boot /root and /swap files? If you're using a drive 2TB or smaller, and an MBR, rather than a GPT, you can *only* have four primary partitions. To make more, one of those must be an extended partition, and you can create additional partitions in that. One question: why do you need so many? mark
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 2:44 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:> Stephen Drotar wrote: >> >> I would like to create 6 partitions on one disk before installing. How > do I add partitions separate from the /home /boot /root and /swap files? > > If you're using a drive 2TB or smaller, and an MBR, rather than a GPT, you > can *only* have four primary partitions. To make more, one of those must > be an extended partition, and you can create additional partitions in > that.FWIW, the CentOS 7 installer is soley responsible for making partitions, including whether they're primary or extended. The user has no direct control over this, although you can create them in advance outside the installer, and then assign mount points to existing partitions. -- Chris Murphy
I?m setting up virtualization and need the VMs to have a certain size of Disk but is only allowing 50GB per volume and I need to find a way to increase that Cheers, Steve> On Mar 25, 2015, at 4:44 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > > Stephen Drotar wrote: >> >> I would like to create 6 partitions on one disk before installing. How > do I add partitions separate from the /home /boot /root and /swap files? > > If you're using a drive 2TB or smaller, and an MBR, rather than a GPT, you > can *only* have four primary partitions. To make more, one of those must > be an extended partition, and you can create additional partitions in > that. > > One question: why do you need so many? > > mark > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On 3/25/2015 2:42 PM, Stephen Drotar wrote:> I?m setting up virtualization and need the VMs to have a certain size of Disk but is only allowing 50GB per volume and I need to find a way to increase thatwhat is only allowing this?? For virtualization, I would create a LVM VG (Volume Group), and for each virtual disk, create a LV (Logical Volume). Normally, I don't put virtual disks on the same drive(s) as my OS but if this is a single drive server, there's not much choice in the matter. -- john, recycling bits in santa cruz