60 EFS Systems on a Linux Base: Additional Topics
t (Edit a partition description)
Partition number (1-6): 6
Hex code (type L to list codes): 8e (Type 8e is Linux LVM)
Changed system type of partition 6 to 8e (Linux LVM)
w (Write partition table and exit)
#
(reboot Linux to make changes effective)
Be very careful using fdisk. It is best to do this while installing Linux or very shortly thereafter.
(The reason being that there is less work lost if you make a mistake and need to reinstall
everything!)
LVM options
LVM can do many wonderful things. It can combine multiple physical disks into a single logical
disk, for example. Some LVMs can perform mirroring and various RAID functions. It can safely
resize partitions. It can add new disks to expand ...