LVM dual-boot windows
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Have the following purposed partion schema ----not worried much about the *nix systems booting - however need to be able to have a native boot Win 7 for some teaching / consulting I'll be doing and not terribly familiar with lvm just yet (much better at VM and MBR using an extended partition)
currently via gdisk
Disk /dev/sda: 488397168 sectors, 232.9 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): E26BE449-8A6A-4417-AE21-0AFCAA481CAB
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 488397134
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 2349 sectors (1.1 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 1026047 500.0 MiB 8300
2 1026048 403458047 191.9 GiB 8E00
3 403458048 488396799 40.5 GiB 8E00
attempting to go to -> (have only 2Gb on MOBO and NON-UEFI aware Dell D620 BIOS A10
/dev/sda
sda1 --200M,-Boot,/EFI,FAT32 (hybrid MBR?)
sda2 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Petra
sda3 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Heisenberg
sda4 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Arch
sda5 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Win7
sda6 --191G,LVM,EXT4
VG-(main system)
LV -10G -Petra VG-main
LV -10G -Heisenberg VG-main
LV -10G -Arch VG-main
LV -40G -Win7 VG-main
LV -30G -usr VG-main
LV -91G -home VG-main
sda7, 40G,LVM,EXT4)
VG-(Oracle VM
LV -10G -VirtualBox Oracle
LV -30G -Virtual-home Oracle
sda8, 15G,LVM,Swap
LV -15G -n Swap VG-main
remarks on any other issues / better schemes I may not see or foresee would be appreciated
windows lvm
edited 12 hours ago
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up vote
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down vote
favorite
Have the following purposed partion schema ----not worried much about the *nix systems booting - however need to be able to have a native boot Win 7 for some teaching / consulting I'll be doing and not terribly familiar with lvm just yet (much better at VM and MBR using an extended partition)
currently via gdisk
Disk /dev/sda: 488397168 sectors, 232.9 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): E26BE449-8A6A-4417-AE21-0AFCAA481CAB
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 488397134
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 2349 sectors (1.1 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 1026047 500.0 MiB 8300
2 1026048 403458047 191.9 GiB 8E00
3 403458048 488396799 40.5 GiB 8E00
attempting to go to -> (have only 2Gb on MOBO and NON-UEFI aware Dell D620 BIOS A10
/dev/sda
sda1 --200M,-Boot,/EFI,FAT32 (hybrid MBR?)
sda2 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Petra
sda3 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Heisenberg
sda4 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Arch
sda5 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Win7
sda6 --191G,LVM,EXT4
VG-(main system)
LV -10G -Petra VG-main
LV -10G -Heisenberg VG-main
LV -10G -Arch VG-main
LV -40G -Win7 VG-main
LV -30G -usr VG-main
LV -91G -home VG-main
sda7, 40G,LVM,EXT4)
VG-(Oracle VM
LV -10G -VirtualBox Oracle
LV -30G -Virtual-home Oracle
sda8, 15G,LVM,Swap
LV -15G -n Swap VG-main
remarks on any other issues / better schemes I may not see or foresee would be appreciated
windows lvm
edited 12 hours ago
Laurence
1034
asked Jan 24 '14 at 17:30
linuxdev2013
944819
migrated from stackoverflow.com Jan 24 '14 at 19:14
This question came from our site for professional and enthusiast programmers.
to clarify I'm quite confident the linux systems will see the GPT and fake EFI jsut fine but will this work for allowing windows to coexist and also can win be in the LVM or need to be outside the LVM "box"?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:35
Hybrid MBR is what I meant by "Fake EFI" didn't remember the termm..
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:03
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
Have the following purposed partion schema ----not worried much about the *nix systems booting - however need to be able to have a native boot Win 7 for some teaching / consulting I'll be doing and not terribly familiar with lvm just yet (much better at VM and MBR using an extended partition)
currently via gdisk
Disk /dev/sda: 488397168 sectors, 232.9 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): E26BE449-8A6A-4417-AE21-0AFCAA481CAB
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 488397134
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 2349 sectors (1.1 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 1026047 500.0 MiB 8300
2 1026048 403458047 191.9 GiB 8E00
3 403458048 488396799 40.5 GiB 8E00
attempting to go to -> (have only 2Gb on MOBO and NON-UEFI aware Dell D620 BIOS A10
/dev/sda
sda1 --200M,-Boot,/EFI,FAT32 (hybrid MBR?)
sda2 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Petra
sda3 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Heisenberg
sda4 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Arch
sda5 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Win7
sda6 --191G,LVM,EXT4
VG-(main system)
LV -10G -Petra VG-main
LV -10G -Heisenberg VG-main
LV -10G -Arch VG-main
LV -40G -Win7 VG-main
LV -30G -usr VG-main
LV -91G -home VG-main
sda7, 40G,LVM,EXT4)
VG-(Oracle VM
LV -10G -VirtualBox Oracle
LV -30G -Virtual-home Oracle
sda8, 15G,LVM,Swap
LV -15G -n Swap VG-main
remarks on any other issues / better schemes I may not see or foresee would be appreciated
windows lvm
edited 12 hours ago
Laurence
1034
asked Jan 24 '14 at 17:30
linuxdev2013
944819
Have the following purposed partion schema ----not worried much about the *nix systems booting - however need to be able to have a native boot Win 7 for some teaching / consulting I'll be doing and not terribly familiar with lvm just yet (much better at VM and MBR using an extended partition)
currently via gdisk
Disk /dev/sda: 488397168 sectors, 232.9 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): E26BE449-8A6A-4417-AE21-0AFCAA481CAB
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 488397134
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 2349 sectors (1.1 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 1026047 500.0 MiB 8300
2 1026048 403458047 191.9 GiB 8E00
3 403458048 488396799 40.5 GiB 8E00
attempting to go to -> (have only 2Gb on MOBO and NON-UEFI aware Dell D620 BIOS A10
/dev/sda
sda1 --200M,-Boot,/EFI,FAT32 (hybrid MBR?)
sda2 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Petra
sda3 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Heisenberg
sda4 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Arch
sda5 --256M,-Boot,/boot,EXT2,Win7
sda6 --191G,LVM,EXT4
VG-(main system)
LV -10G -Petra VG-main
LV -10G -Heisenberg VG-main
LV -10G -Arch VG-main
LV -40G -Win7 VG-main
LV -30G -usr VG-main
LV -91G -home VG-main
sda7, 40G,LVM,EXT4)
VG-(Oracle VM
LV -10G -VirtualBox Oracle
LV -30G -Virtual-home Oracle
sda8, 15G,LVM,Swap
LV -15G -n Swap VG-main
remarks on any other issues / better schemes I may not see or foresee would be appreciated
windows lvm
windows lvm
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linuxdev2013
944819
edited 12 hours ago
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edited 12 hours ago
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edited 12 hours ago
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to clarify I'm quite confident the linux systems will see the GPT and fake EFI jsut fine but will this work for allowing windows to coexist and also can win be in the LVM or need to be outside the LVM "box"?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:35
Hybrid MBR is what I meant by "Fake EFI" didn't remember the termm..
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:03
add a comment |
to clarify I'm quite confident the linux systems will see the GPT and fake EFI jsut fine but will this work for allowing windows to coexist and also can win be in the LVM or need to be outside the LVM "box"?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:35
Hybrid MBR is what I meant by "Fake EFI" didn't remember the termm..
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:03
to clarify I'm quite confident the linux systems will see the GPT and fake EFI jsut fine but will this work for allowing windows to coexist and also can win be in the LVM or need to be outside the LVM "box"?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:35
to clarify I'm quite confident the linux systems will see the GPT and fake EFI jsut fine but will this work for allowing windows to coexist and also can win be in the LVM or need to be outside the LVM "box"?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:35
Hybrid MBR is what I meant by "Fake EFI" didn't remember the termm..
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:03
Hybrid MBR is what I meant by "Fake EFI" didn't remember the termm..
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:03
add a comment |
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You can't install Windows on an LVM logical volume. See: this question.
I'm also not entirely sure why you're talking about UEFI. Windows 7 doesn't need UEFI to work, it's way simpler to set everything up without it, and furthermore you can't just "fake" a UEFI system.
Also, according to this, you cannot boot 32-bit Windows from a GPT partition at all, and 64-bit Windows requires an actual UEFI system to be able to boot from a GPT partition.
Here's what you should do:
- Back up any data you care about before messing with your partition table.
- Switch to a hybrid GPT/MBR parititon table - see the gdisk man page for details on how to do this.
- Create a normal MBR parition for Windows, install it, and then boot it normally with GRUB.
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17
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answered Jan 24 '14 at 17:40
CmdrMoozy
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tried the hybrid (albeit - may have screwed it up tho), so do i need the additional /boots at the beginning or can I do sda/ sda1 /boot sda2-3 for windows and windows msr and then use lvm for the balance and if so would hybrid just need to on the first partition for using with gpt?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:54
Basically, Windows just needs to be on an MBR partition. It doesn't matter what else you do with LVM/GPT/etc., as long as that's true. It also doesn't matter if that MBR partition is sda1 or sda5 or etc.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:01
so the mbr (from the hybrid) just HAS to be whatever Windows is in? teh rest is fine as proposed?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:04
Yeah - you can have Linux setup however you like; what you've posted in your OP seems to make sense.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:21
Much thanks to you CmdrMoozy for the quick and easy to understand replies.....hopefully I can return favor soon...
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:23
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
-1
down vote
accepted
You can't install Windows on an LVM logical volume. See: this question.
I'm also not entirely sure why you're talking about UEFI. Windows 7 doesn't need UEFI to work, it's way simpler to set everything up without it, and furthermore you can't just "fake" a UEFI system.
Also, according to this, you cannot boot 32-bit Windows from a GPT partition at all, and 64-bit Windows requires an actual UEFI system to be able to boot from a GPT partition.
Here's what you should do:
- Back up any data you care about before messing with your partition table.
- Switch to a hybrid GPT/MBR parititon table - see the gdisk man page for details on how to do this.
- Create a normal MBR parition for Windows, install it, and then boot it normally with GRUB.
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17
Community♦
1
answered Jan 24 '14 at 17:40
CmdrMoozy
14415
tried the hybrid (albeit - may have screwed it up tho), so do i need the additional /boots at the beginning or can I do sda/ sda1 /boot sda2-3 for windows and windows msr and then use lvm for the balance and if so would hybrid just need to on the first partition for using with gpt?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:54
Basically, Windows just needs to be on an MBR partition. It doesn't matter what else you do with LVM/GPT/etc., as long as that's true. It also doesn't matter if that MBR partition is sda1 or sda5 or etc.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:01
so the mbr (from the hybrid) just HAS to be whatever Windows is in? teh rest is fine as proposed?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:04
Yeah - you can have Linux setup however you like; what you've posted in your OP seems to make sense.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:21
Much thanks to you CmdrMoozy for the quick and easy to understand replies.....hopefully I can return favor soon...
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:23
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
-1
down vote
accepted
You can't install Windows on an LVM logical volume. See: this question.
I'm also not entirely sure why you're talking about UEFI. Windows 7 doesn't need UEFI to work, it's way simpler to set everything up without it, and furthermore you can't just "fake" a UEFI system.
Also, according to this, you cannot boot 32-bit Windows from a GPT partition at all, and 64-bit Windows requires an actual UEFI system to be able to boot from a GPT partition.
Here's what you should do:
- Back up any data you care about before messing with your partition table.
- Switch to a hybrid GPT/MBR parititon table - see the gdisk man page for details on how to do this.
- Create a normal MBR parition for Windows, install it, and then boot it normally with GRUB.
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17
Community♦
1
answered Jan 24 '14 at 17:40
CmdrMoozy
14415
tried the hybrid (albeit - may have screwed it up tho), so do i need the additional /boots at the beginning or can I do sda/ sda1 /boot sda2-3 for windows and windows msr and then use lvm for the balance and if so would hybrid just need to on the first partition for using with gpt?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:54
Basically, Windows just needs to be on an MBR partition. It doesn't matter what else you do with LVM/GPT/etc., as long as that's true. It also doesn't matter if that MBR partition is sda1 or sda5 or etc.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:01
so the mbr (from the hybrid) just HAS to be whatever Windows is in? teh rest is fine as proposed?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:04
Yeah - you can have Linux setup however you like; what you've posted in your OP seems to make sense.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:21
Much thanks to you CmdrMoozy for the quick and easy to understand replies.....hopefully I can return favor soon...
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:23
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
-1
down vote
accepted
up vote
-1
down vote
accepted
You can't install Windows on an LVM logical volume. See: this question.
I'm also not entirely sure why you're talking about UEFI. Windows 7 doesn't need UEFI to work, it's way simpler to set everything up without it, and furthermore you can't just "fake" a UEFI system.
Also, according to this, you cannot boot 32-bit Windows from a GPT partition at all, and 64-bit Windows requires an actual UEFI system to be able to boot from a GPT partition.
Here's what you should do:
- Back up any data you care about before messing with your partition table.
- Switch to a hybrid GPT/MBR parititon table - see the gdisk man page for details on how to do this.
- Create a normal MBR parition for Windows, install it, and then boot it normally with GRUB.
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17
Community♦
1
answered Jan 24 '14 at 17:40
CmdrMoozy
14415
You can't install Windows on an LVM logical volume. See: this question.
I'm also not entirely sure why you're talking about UEFI. Windows 7 doesn't need UEFI to work, it's way simpler to set everything up without it, and furthermore you can't just "fake" a UEFI system.
Also, according to this, you cannot boot 32-bit Windows from a GPT partition at all, and 64-bit Windows requires an actual UEFI system to be able to boot from a GPT partition.
Here's what you should do:
- Back up any data you care about before messing with your partition table.
- Switch to a hybrid GPT/MBR parititon table - see the gdisk man page for details on how to do this.
- Create a normal MBR parition for Windows, install it, and then boot it normally with GRUB.
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17
Community♦
1
answered Jan 24 '14 at 17:40
CmdrMoozy
14415
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17
Community♦
1
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17
Community♦
1
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17
Community♦
1
1
answered Jan 24 '14 at 17:40
CmdrMoozy
14415
answered Jan 24 '14 at 17:40
CmdrMoozy
14415
answered Jan 24 '14 at 17:40
CmdrMoozy
14415
14415
tried the hybrid (albeit - may have screwed it up tho), so do i need the additional /boots at the beginning or can I do sda/ sda1 /boot sda2-3 for windows and windows msr and then use lvm for the balance and if so would hybrid just need to on the first partition for using with gpt?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:54
Basically, Windows just needs to be on an MBR partition. It doesn't matter what else you do with LVM/GPT/etc., as long as that's true. It also doesn't matter if that MBR partition is sda1 or sda5 or etc.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:01
so the mbr (from the hybrid) just HAS to be whatever Windows is in? teh rest is fine as proposed?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:04
Yeah - you can have Linux setup however you like; what you've posted in your OP seems to make sense.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:21
Much thanks to you CmdrMoozy for the quick and easy to understand replies.....hopefully I can return favor soon...
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:23
|
show 1 more comment
tried the hybrid (albeit - may have screwed it up tho), so do i need the additional /boots at the beginning or can I do sda/ sda1 /boot sda2-3 for windows and windows msr and then use lvm for the balance and if so would hybrid just need to on the first partition for using with gpt?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:54
Basically, Windows just needs to be on an MBR partition. It doesn't matter what else you do with LVM/GPT/etc., as long as that's true. It also doesn't matter if that MBR partition is sda1 or sda5 or etc.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:01
so the mbr (from the hybrid) just HAS to be whatever Windows is in? teh rest is fine as proposed?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:04
Yeah - you can have Linux setup however you like; what you've posted in your OP seems to make sense.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:21
Much thanks to you CmdrMoozy for the quick and easy to understand replies.....hopefully I can return favor soon...
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:23
tried the hybrid (albeit - may have screwed it up tho), so do i need the additional /boots at the beginning or can I do sda/ sda1 /boot sda2-3 for windows and windows msr and then use lvm for the balance and if so would hybrid just need to on the first partition for using with gpt?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:54
tried the hybrid (albeit - may have screwed it up tho), so do i need the additional /boots at the beginning or can I do sda/ sda1 /boot sda2-3 for windows and windows msr and then use lvm for the balance and if so would hybrid just need to on the first partition for using with gpt?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:54
Basically, Windows just needs to be on an MBR partition. It doesn't matter what else you do with LVM/GPT/etc., as long as that's true. It also doesn't matter if that MBR partition is sda1 or sda5 or etc.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:01
Basically, Windows just needs to be on an MBR partition. It doesn't matter what else you do with LVM/GPT/etc., as long as that's true. It also doesn't matter if that MBR partition is sda1 or sda5 or etc.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:01
so the mbr (from the hybrid) just HAS to be whatever Windows is in? teh rest is fine as proposed?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:04
so the mbr (from the hybrid) just HAS to be whatever Windows is in? teh rest is fine as proposed?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:04
Yeah - you can have Linux setup however you like; what you've posted in your OP seems to make sense.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:21
Yeah - you can have Linux setup however you like; what you've posted in your OP seems to make sense.
– CmdrMoozy
Jan 24 '14 at 18:21
Much thanks to you CmdrMoozy for the quick and easy to understand replies.....hopefully I can return favor soon...
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:23
Much thanks to you CmdrMoozy for the quick and easy to understand replies.....hopefully I can return favor soon...
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:23
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to clarify I'm quite confident the linux systems will see the GPT and fake EFI jsut fine but will this work for allowing windows to coexist and also can win be in the LVM or need to be outside the LVM "box"?
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 17:35
Hybrid MBR is what I meant by "Fake EFI" didn't remember the termm..
– linuxdev2013
Jan 24 '14 at 18:03